Francis Walsingham Quotes

He that's secure is not safe.

During the times of peace and prosperity a leader becomes careless and unmindful of the future

I've been asked a lot lately what message is there in the Lusitania for the modern day. To be honest, not much. Except that maybe hubris and overconfidence are always dangerous things.

They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors.

Young people think that nothing bad will ever happen to them.

Without insecurities, I think one becomes a little bit of an idiot.

It is dangerous to live in a secure world.

Security will produce danger.

The seduction of safety is always more dangerous than the illusion of uncertainty.

A man had need to fear this most of all that he fears not at all.

Only foolish people are completely secure.

Our security strategies have not yet caught up with the risks we are facing. The globalization that has swept away the barriers to the movement of goods, ideas and people has also swept with it barriers that confined and localized security threats.

We are much safer in the United States, but not yet safe.

Ignorance and confidence is a lethal cocktail.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

Australia is not a safe place.

It is not the strong who are dangerous to the world and to themselves. It is the weak and the inadequate who threaten - and sometimes destroy - mankind's peace and prosperity.

I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous, and you cannot take anything for granted.

It's the one you don't expect that knocks you out.

I suppose I have been contending with issues surrounding my safety and security for years.

As long as an attacker creates opportunities, everything is fine.

As safe and secure as you believe you are is as vulnerable as you can turn out to be.

What I do think is really interesting is that, as I get older and more mature, I'm really attuned to how frightening this world is that we live in.

the greatest danger is always the one we are ignorant of.

They are asleep. This is the condition they prefer. They are afraid of the world and sleep is a way of dealing with their fear. Someday they will wake. Perhaps something frightful will happen. Indeed, there is no better invitation to the frightful than ignorance - that is, sleep. (29)