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Fear, Hate, Ignorance Quotes

"Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow... but only empties today of its strength." C. H. Spurgeon
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So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.": John Morley - (1838-1923) - Source: Critical Miscellanies
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“Misunderstanding arising from ignorance breeds fear, and fear remains the greatest enemy of peace.” Lester B. Pearson
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“Fear always springs from ignorance.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American lecturer, poet, and essayist
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“Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.” Voltaire (1694-1778), French writers and philosophers
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“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.” Bertrand Russell
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“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.” Edmund Burke
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“We tell lies when we are afraid… afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.” Williams Tad
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“Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.” Albert Camus
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“It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.” Eric Hoffer
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“Misunderstanding arising from ignorance breeds fear, and fear remains the greatest enemy of peace.” Lester B. Pearson
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“Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.” Robert Lindner (1914-1956)
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“Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.” Benjamin Franklin
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“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.” Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), English logician and philosopher
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“Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.” Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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“The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.” Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791
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“Fear always springs from ignorance.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American lecturer, poet, and essayist
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“Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.” Voltaire (1694-1778), French writers and philosophers
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“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.” Bertrand Russell
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“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.” Edmund Burke
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“We tell lies when we are afraid… afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.” Williams Tad
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“Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.” Albert Camus
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“It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.” Eric Hoffer
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“Misunderstanding arising from ignorance breeds fear, and fear remains the greatest enemy of peace.” Lester B. Pearson
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“Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.” Robert Lindner (1914-1956)
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“Make yourself sheep and the wolves will eat you.” Benjamin Franklin
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“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.” Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), English logician and philosopher
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“Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.” Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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“The slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.” Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1791
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"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance." - Thomas Paine
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Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom. Marilyn Ferguson
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“Because we fear the responsibility for our actions, we have allowed ourselves to develop the mentality of slaves. Contrary to the stirring sentiments of the Declaration of Independence, we now pledge "our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor" not to one another for our mutual protection, but to the state, whose actions continue to exploit, despoil, and destroy us.” Butler D. Shaffer
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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear: Bertrand Russell : English logician and philosopher 1872-1970
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Fear always springs from ignorance. Ralph Waldo Emerson : American lecturer, poet, and essayist, 1803-1882
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Fear follows crime, and is its punishment. Voltaire : French writers and philosophers, 1694-1778
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It is impossible not to notice that our world is tormented by failure, hate, guilt, and fear. William Saroyan
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Fear is the darkroom in which "negatives" are developed.
Worry is the darkrrom in which "negatives" are developed.
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"I do not fear death, I fear not living fully." Iceman Wim Hof

 

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