The right of the police of Boston to affiliate has always been questioned, never granted, is now prohibited. . . . There is no rightto strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
It is a foolish prince who entrusts the safety of his lands to hired men.
Better to be safe than sorry.
[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we have lived through all of those already, in silence, except death. And I remind myself all the time now, that if I were to have been born mute, and had maintained an oath of silence my whole life for safety, I would still have suffered, and I would still die.
I probably have an earlier curfew than anyone. My mom wants to keep me really safe and my dad's not overly protective, but he's a dad no matter what.
There are doubtless all kinds of ways of explaining why people want security, but I do not think we can start with the psychological explanations. Even psychological states like fear or desire for safety are conditioned by social and political forms of intimidation and scare-mongering that intensify those emotions, and even work to persuade people that nothing less than their survival is at stake.
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
Mexico is only a memory of childhood safety.
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to run the risk of being less free.
The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continually reviewing its safety plan for the 100-plus operating civilian nuclear reactors in the United States. And when those plants were put into operation, they were required to have double and triple redundant safety systems.
Giving is the safety valve that releases the excess pressure of wealth.
Having a perilous adventure is always better than comatose safety. Always, always, always, always, always.
It is well to moor your bark with two anchors.
Safety concerns are reasonable. Banning refugees is certainly not.
All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none.
Once women begin to question the inevitability of their subordination and to reject the conventions formerly associated with it, they can no longer retreat to the safety of those conventions.
Oh, the holiness of always being the injured party. The historically oppressed can find not only sanctity but safety in the stateof victimization. When access to a better life has been denied often enough, and successfully enough, one can use the rejection as an excuse to cease all efforts. After all, one reckons, "they" don't want me, "they" accept their own mediocrity and refuse my best, "they" don't deserve me.
The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George. . . Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security.
The worship of safety emasculates greatness.