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Quotes About Safety

I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the liberties of any other class.
~ Frederick Douglass
If [the shooting of Gabby Giffords in] Tucson tells us anything at all, it tells us this: Government has failed.
~ Wayne LaPierre
We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.
~ Bob Ehrlich
And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect the American people.
~ Roger Wicker
Americans in all places and levels of government have begun to consider the areas where we need to prepare ourselves from future threats, including the latest weapon: bio-terror.
~ Paul Gillmor
Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of its infant poor.
~ Samuel Horsley
The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility
~ Jonathan Mayhew
Our whole practical government is grounded in mob psychology and the Boobus Americanus will follow any command that promises to make him safer.
~ H. L. Mencken
The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that.
~ Hillary Clinton
I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves.
~ Warren Christopher
Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people's money, other people's safety, other people's future.
~ P. D. James
I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It's outrageous, having to live like this.
~ Orhan Pamuk
The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil liberties in the world aren't worth a dime.
~ Richard Viguerie
Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.
~ John Kenneth Galbraith
I think the FDIC was one of the great inventions of the American.
~ Warren Buffett
New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.
~ David Letterman
In Great Britain, woman was subordinate and confined. But at least she was also safe.
~ Linda Colley
Volcanic ash will be experienced in all parts of your world, as the volcanoes around your earth are simultaneously activated. Face masks and goggles will be of great value
~ Esther Hicks
We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and, most importantly, we are protected by God.
~ Donald Trump
Trust in the great American ingenuity. We can derive more intelligent, more brain-friendly ways we can play football.
~ Bennet Omalu
It is given to no human being to stereotype a set of truths, and walk safely by their guidance with his mind's eye closed.
~ John Stuart Mill
Guidance requires action, but it does not guarantee safety.
~ Caroline Myss
To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.
~ Winston Churchill