Quotes About Vigilance

TK-421, why aren't you at your post?

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that evey sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinized.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

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

We sleep soundly in our beds, because rough men stand ready in the night to do violence on those who would harm us Orwell cited Kipling's phrase making mock of uniforms that guard you while you sleep (Kipling, Tommy), and further noted that Kipling's grasp of function, of who protects whom, is very sound. He sees clearly that men can be highly civilized only while other men, inevitably less civilized, are there to guard and feed them. (1942)

Tenias que vivir dado por sentado que escuchaban hasta el ultimo sonido que hacias y que, observaban todos tus movimientos

Heureusement l'ennemi était on ne peut moins entreprenant. Il y eut des nuits où notre position eût pu être prise d'assaut par vingt boy-scouts armés de carabines à air comprimé, ou tout aussi bien par vingt girl-guides armées de raquettes.

These books can be read, independently of their time and place, as a strong preventive medicine against the mentality of servility, and especially against the lethal temptation to exchange freedom for security: a bargain that invariably ends up with the surrender of both.

we can guard ourselves against the unexpected tragedies

At precisely nine in the morning, working with focus and stealth, our entire membership succeeded in simultaneously beheading no one... not a single one of us blew himself/herself up in a crowded public place... in addition, zero (0) planes were flown into buildings. All this was accomplished so surreptitiosly, it attracted little public notice.

What are you doing to stop the next attack?" I asked. People nervously

We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm.

Better to be worried and ready." "Is it? Sometimes I think it's better to just never see it coming. Why end on a worry?

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked.

The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.

When an attacker fails with one person, they often go to another person. The key is to report the attack to other departments. Workers should know to act like they are going along with what the hacker wants and take copious notes so the company will know what the hacker is trying to find.

We know that terrorism can happen anywhere, at anytime. And we know the best way to prevent an attack is by working together.

I'm trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It's so easy to get turned.

In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.

Whether it is an attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, an attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit, an attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square... I think that gives us a sense of the breadth of the challenges that we face, and the kinds of things that our enemy is trying to do.

It's so easy to use tired, shopworn figures of speech. I love using long, fancy words but have learned - mostly from writing my biography of Winston Churchill - that short, strong words work better. I am ever-vigilant against the passive and against jargon, both of which are so insidious.

The dedicated men and women of the Highway Patrol work tirelessly, every day and through all the long nights of the year, to protect the people of North Carolina, and I'm grateful for their service.

Things change very quickly. You have to be prepared and ready and on your toes at all times.