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"All the housemaid hopes is, happiness for 'em - but marriage is a lottery, and the more she thinks about it, the more she feels the independence and the safety of a single life."
"…the death of my mother was the thing that made me believe the most deeply in my safety: nothing bad could happen to me, I thought. The worst thing already had."
"When someone else's safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes in a very distant second."
"There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is by the practice of sheer courage. The latter is difficult, and to everybody becomes impossible at a certain point. The former has therefore always been more popular. Primitive magic has the purpose of securing safety, either by injuring enemies, or by protecting oneself by talismans, spells, or incantations."
"Getting the word out that, yes vaccines are great, the safety data's very, very clear, including any of these specific concerns, that's very important to our foundation."
"We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society."
"Democracy...is a society in which the unbeliever feels undisturbed and at home. If there were only a half dozen unbelievers in America, their well-being would be a test of our democracy."
"Companies are increasingly taking responsibility for the safety of the food they sell, rather than risk their brand on a large recall."
"Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine."
"I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves."
"Tis better using France than trusting France; Let us be back'd with God, and with the seas, Which He hath given for fence impregnable, And with their helps only defend ourselves; In them, and in ourselves, our safety lies."
"Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity."
"Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety, and variety alone."
"It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future. Still, I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate, that in the days to come the British and American peoples will for their own safety and for the good of all walk together side by side in majesty, in justice, and in peace."
"An evident principleis the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak."
"His safety was more important than anything to me. Even if he would never know enough to understand that."
"Since he saved me from the attack, I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now."
"I came here so that no one else would die. I came here to protect as many people as I could. And I care more about Tobias's safety than anyone else's. So why am I here, if he's here? What's the point?"
"Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few materials for its own operations, and preserves safety, but never gains supremacy."
"The callous use of general warrants and the disregard for the Bill of Rights must end. Forcing us to choose between our rights and our safety is a false choice and we are better than that as a nation and as a people."
