Johan Huizinga Quotes

The precondition of all happiness…and particularly of economic and commercial development is tranquility, security and order beyond the reach of any violation.

Security has come from being successful.

They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid.

There cannot be prosperity without security.

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

Order is the sanity of the mind, the health of the body, the peace of the city, the security of the state. Like beams in a house or bones to a body, so is order to all things.

The precondition to freedom is security.

What people want, above all, is order.

I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of.

Peace is security.

At present you are frightened of everything; you make a secret of where you sleep … You have neither peace nor tranquility. To change all that, all you have to do is accept the protection of Boula-Matari, to fly the flag with the star at each of your villages, and then things will calm down and peace and plenty will return to your country.

Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's called the American Dream.

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

I really have the American dream licked.

Defense is superior to opulence.

I'm living the American dream.

The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

We are living in a world where everything is based on security.

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.

I see the kids and I feel like taking them all away to a safe place to hide until the war stops and the hunger stops and El Cua becomes strong enough to give them the care they deserve.