Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe.

Superman don’t need no seat belt.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

ISIS is not an existential threat to something happening to someone in the United States of America. It’s a serious problem overseas, but it’s confusing and frightening.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

It’s going to be a season with lots of accidents, and I’ll risk saying that we’ll be lucky if something really serious doesn’t happen.

Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I’m riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I’m riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park – no, I don’t wear the dreaded helmet then.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

I don’t think anybody in America ought to be scared.

The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.

In too much of the West, everyone wants the guarantee of safety, and never having to make any decisions.

There is no way I would ask others to go on a Virgin Galactic flight if I didn’t feel it was safe enough for myself.

As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.

If you don’t feel safe as a child, you can’t learn.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

We’re in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.

Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from people.

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

There’s no way that that our military power will not erode if a robust American economic revival is not part of the cards.

I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It’s getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert when riding on the streets as opposed to riding on the Hudson River bike path or similar protected lanes.

The coward only threatens when he is safe.

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot’s hands.

The economy’s always been the engine for our national security.

We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.

I think that a good mountaineer is usually a sensible mountaineer.

The world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuously researched, and feedback should be provided to all. Nuclear scientists have to interact with the people of the nation, and academic institutions continuously update nuclear power generation technology and safety.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us – especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

We fear that this moment will end, that we won’t get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

If you don’t trust the pilot, don’t go.

I’ve always hated the danger part of climbing, and it’s great to come down again because it’s safe.

I told you I’m not going to criticize my successor. I’ll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don’t believe that persuasion isn’t going to work. Therapy isn’t going to cause terrorists to change their mind.

I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.

If someone attacks me, and they want to punch or kick me, I can just run away. They’re not holding onto me. I can get away from them.

Precaution is better than cure.

The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

There are no small accidents on this circuit.

Even though the risks of death are higher driving than flying, many people would rather drive simply because they feel they have more control driving. The facts are that only a few hundred people die a year flying, and 44,000 are killed a year driving.

I try to encourage all my teammates, and I sure hope that some day all athletes – my kids, high school kids – get the same level of care I get. Because you can play for a long period of time without having knee replacements, without having all the major head trauma that people are dealing with.

We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

American stuntmen are smart – they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance… But in Hong Kong, we don’t know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you’ve got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.

The purpose is clear. It is safety with solvency. The country is entitled to both.

In a country with millions of people and cars going everywhere, the enemy is going to get a car bomb out there once in awhile.

The U.S. military is not war weary. Our military draws strength from confronting our enemies when clear policy objectives are set and we are fully resourced for the fight.

Global energy security is a vital part of America’s national security.

Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.

Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.