Quotes About Vigilance

There's an old SEAL motto: Never assume a frogman's dead unless you find his body.

A little." She set it on the counter. "But it's probably not a terrible idea. Just in case.

Protecting America is not a job for the squeamish.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down by traffic from both sides.

And, Heriot's hand on Cayley's shoulder, they set off through the moonlight midnight orchard, moving deeper and deeper into their overlapping fairy tales, vigilant and wary, for there were no safe places for the Magician and the Warrior.

From an evolutionary perspective, he says, it is safest to err on the side of gullibility. "If you miss the tiger hiding in the grass, you're dead. If you're always seeing tigers, you're running away a lot, but you're not dead.

There's always another storm. It's the way the world works. Snowstorms, rainstorms, windstorms, sandstorms, and firestorms. Some are fierce and others are small. You have to deal with each one separately, but you need to keep an eye on whats brewing for tomorrow.

Every question missed is a potential crisis waiting to happen.

Mark felt eyes on him as tight as a sniper's aim.

For me, its better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.

A people who mean to be free must be prepared to meet danger in person, and not rely upon the fallacious protection of armies

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

Freedom is not a gift of heaven, you have to fight for it every day

The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.

The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community.

Eternal vigilance is only part of the price of freedom. The maturity to live with imperfections is another crucial part of the price of freedom.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance and a willingness to act in its defense.

We have had no specific or credible threats, but we don't take that as any kind of comfort. We know we need to be ready and we know that, that vigilance is the price of freedom.

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.

Freedom is never an achieved state; like electricity, we've got to keep generating it or the lights go out.

There is no substitute for a militant freedom.

Freedom is our most precious commodity and if we are not eternally vigilant, government will take it all away. Individual freedom demands individual responsibility.

O Liberty...! is it well To leave the gates unguarded?

The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance