"Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy."
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"Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all. They look hard at the safety and the testing. And they make sure that the benefits far outweigh any of the downsides."
"What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that seeking is painful, and that when we imagine that we have found it, we don’t like it."
"There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right."
"Trial by jury is part of the bright constellation which leads to peace, liberty and safety."
"As, for the safety of society, we commit honest maniacs to Bedlam, so judges should be withdrawn from their bench, whose erroneous biases are leading us to dissolution. It may indeed injure them in fame or in fortune; but it saves the republic, which is the first and supreme law."
"You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome. You can't merely wing it and expect to keep up with them. Setting aside all the safety valves and pleasant distractions is the first way to send yourself the message that you're playing for keeps"
"Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?"
"As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me."
"A short absence is the safest."
"A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety."
"Maybe I could just James Bond my way down the cable if I draped the scarf over it, clinging to the ends as my body careened down it to safety-- Careened. What an ugly word that was"
"Having a perilous adventure is always better than comatose safety. Always, always, always, always, always."
"For economic safety for the future, you must have multiple skills and languages. Success is basically being the best that you can be."
"So now, I exhort you with this truth: Don't spend all your life playing it safe! Safety is very comfortable, but it may be keeping you from God's perfect plan for your life."
"The work ahead will be hard. These times demand the best of us - all of us, but we can do this. Together, we can do this. We can get this country working again. We can get this economy growing again. We can make the safety net safe again. We can do this."
"People are concerned over safety and spillage, especially for the workers. Were all really hopeful even though we remain deeply concerned over the safety and the efficacy of an unproven technology."
"The problem comes when you say that danger is part of the equation. Then you don't do any more work on safety. That shouldn't happen."
"Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides rules and services and safety measures that contribute to a better society."
"For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same, I think, is a kingdom without the health and safety of a good monarch."