"Only when love takes the lead will the earth, and life on earth, be safe again. And not until then."
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"Ye come and go incessant; we remain Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past; Be reverent, ye who flit and are forgot, Of faith so nobly realized as this."
"You can pass all the gun legislation you want. None of it will make me feel any more or less safe than I do right at this moment."
"When I read that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had disappeared - a state-of-the-art Boeing 777, said to be an incredibly safe way to travel - I waited patiently for the chance to learn what happened."
"Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives whom we call dead."
"One can give advice comfortably from a safe port."
"We live in a litigious society, and that's the way it is. Better safe than sorry."
"It was the most earnest ambition I ever had....Not that I ever really wanted to be a preacher, but because it never occurred to me that a preacher could be damned. It looked like a safe job."
"By and by when each nation has 20,000 battleships and 5,000,000 soldiers we shall all be safe and the wisdom of statesmanship will stand confirmed."
"You're right. Everyone in this room with a pulse is starting to smell really good. Okay. Back in the box, better safe than sorry."
"Denise clung to the feel of his hands as she pushed at her panic. It's okay. You're safe...and this has got to be the ugliest couch ever."
"Hillary Clinton is going to make sure that Americans are safe at home and abroad."
"A secret is seldom safe in more than one breast."
"Washington knows that it is not safe to kick people who are down until you find out what their next stop will be."
"I just want the pleasure of noticing these things at a safe distance."
"I think most Americans understand that radical Islam can't be compromised with or appeased. And the only way we can be safe is to form partnerships over there that will protect us over here."
"I am bound by the texts of the Bible, my conscience is captive to the Word of God, I neither can nor will recant anything, since it is neither right nor safe to act against my conscience."
"Fantasies were safe. It was a break from reality. A chance to act on desires for a short period of time."
"Growing up in Mississippi, I realized that it was separate and unequal and all that, but it was still a safe place."
"The national budget is not a safe-deposit box. It is a spray can."