Fear Quote by Rohini Nilekani

Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order of men…

— Adam Smith

It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.

— Baron de Montesquieu

Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day.

— Aung San

Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built.

— Erich Fromm

You have to do what you fear, otherwise fear is in charge.

— Glenn Ford

Well the first order of government is to preserve the public order and safety.

— Bob Wise

To abolish fear correctly is to nurture law and order.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed.

— John Stuart Mill

“Governments don't protect people, people protect governments." "Order is organic, it can’t just be ordered up." "The more complexity, the more unpredictability and therefore…

— Lawrence Samuels

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

— Jon Meacham

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

— John Adams

“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig…

— Edward R. Murrow