Quotes About Vigilance

I went out every single night so I was never alone with my stepfather. At 12, I stopped going on holiday with them. The times I was alone with him I always made sure I was all covered up.

More than stopping the counter-attack when it happens you want to prevent it from starting.

I think just having everybody know who you are is more of a challenge. More than anything about it is just knowing people are watching. I know who I am, so it's watching things I say, what I do. Even if I'm in line at one of the rest stops or something, it's just being on my Ps and Qs at all times more than anything.

Don't accept rides from strange men - and remember that all men are strange as hell.

We have always been told not to open the door to strangers, especially because of the terrible things that could happen these days. I never have, unless they are expected and are friends or family.

A nationalist will say that "it can't happen here," which is the first step toward disaster. A patriot says that it could happen here, but that we will stop it.

Listen for dangerous words.

For tyrants, the lesson of the Reichstag fire is that one moment of shock enables an eternity of submission. For us, the lesson is that our natural fear and grief must not enable the destruction of our institutions.

Be reflective if you must be armed.

The American abolitionist Wendell Phillips did in fact say that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." He added that "the manna of popular liberty must be gathered each day or it is rotten.

Does the history of tyranny apply to the United States? Certainly the early Americans who spoke of "eternal vigilance" would have thought so. The logic of the system they devised was to mitigate the consequences of our real imperfections, not to celebrate our imaginary perfection.

Institutions do not protect themselves. They fall one after the other unless each is defended from the beginning. So choose an institution you care about—a court, a newspaper, a law, a labor union—and take its side. We tend to assume that institutions will automatically maintain themselves against even the most direct attacks. This was the very mistake that some German Jews made about Hitler and the Nazis after they had formed a government.

the early Americans who spoke of "eternal vigilance" would have thought so. The logic of the system they devised was to mitigate the consequences of our real imperfections, not to celebrate our imaginary perfection

The American abolitionist Wendell Phillips did in fact say that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

Does the history of tyranny apply to the United States? Certainly the early Americans who spoke of "eternal vigilance" would have thought so. The

Be wary of paramilitaries.

Do not obey in advance.

Institutions do not protect themselves. They fall one after the other unless each is defended from the beginning.

Realize that some of what is on the internet is there to harm you.

Poder derrotar a la competencia se basa en la calidad del producto. Diseñar métodos de producción a prueba de tontos, instrumentarlos con cuidado, vigilar cada proceso en forma minuciosa, y mejorar los métodos de manera continua.

I feel safe in Auckland but it's best to be careful in any city. There's the odd pickpocket like anywhere else but if you're street-smart, you'll be okay.

Security is very difficult. You have to be very careful about security, and I think oftentimes people just forget; they don't invest in the right things.

One should be alert and know how to defend oneself in case something untoward happens.

You can't be too careful how you stir up a policeman.