"Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the……" — Harry Emerson Fosdick
"Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have."
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91 Quotes by Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick has 91 quotes on this site.
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The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the…
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No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it.
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I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses...
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The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.
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Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may…
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No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
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The more we know about this universe, the more mysterious it is. The old world that Job knew was marvelous…
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We must take the abiding spiritual values which inhere in the deep experiences of religion in all ages and give…
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Some things mankind can finish and be done with, but not ... science, that persists, and changes from ancient Chaldeans…
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...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio…
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Every great scientist becomes a great scientist because of the inner self-abnegation with which he stands before truth, saying: "Not…
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Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation…
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More Always Dangerous Quotes
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Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
— Edward Abbey
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
— Abdallah II
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An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even…
— Thomas Paine
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It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and,…
— Margot Asquith
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Losers walking around with money in their pockets are always dangerous, not to be trusted. Some horse always reaches out…
— Bill Barich
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I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people,…
— Malala Yousafzai
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Prayers born out of murmuring are always dangerous. When, therefore, we are in a discontented mood, let'us take care what…
— William Mackergo Taylor
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Success is always dangerous. It can make an asshole out of anybody.
— Charles Bukowski
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Thinking is always dangerous to the status quo. [...] The moment you start thinking, you'll want to change something.
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have…
— Lord Acton
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It's almost always dangerous to be right too soon.
— David Gerrold
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Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or…
— Robert Greene
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