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“A good job should lead to security in retirement.” George W. Bush, State of the Union Address
“Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness.” H. G. Wells, The Time Machine
“For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well organized and armed militia is their best security.” Thomas Jefferson, State of the Union Address
“Our first priority must always be the security of our nation, and that will be reflected in the budget I send to Congress.” George W. Bush, State of the Union Address
“Wherefore, security being the true design and end of government, it unanswerably follows, that whatever form thereof appears most likely to ensure it to us, with the least expense and greatest benefit, is preferable to all others.” Thomas Paine, Common Sense
“complacency or self-congratulation can imperil our security as much as the weapons of tyranny. A moment of pause is not a promise of peace.” John F. Kennedy, State of the Union Address
“It was amazing how instantaneously the choking fear vanished, amazing how suddenly the feeling of security washed over me — even before I was off the street — as soon as I heard his voice.” Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
“The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. The more weapons you have, the less secure people will be.” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
“A country that demands moral perfection of itself as a test of its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.” Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy
“For centuries, the Middle Kingdom had assured its security by playing off distant barbarians against immediate neighbors. Deeply worried about Soviet expansionism, Mao adopted the same strategy in his opening to the United States.” Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy
“nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.” Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
“Whatever it costs to defend our country, we will pay.” George W. Bush, State of the Union Address
“When the flight attendant asked me to put it on, I told her that Superman didn't need a seat belt.” Muhammad Ali, The Soul of a Butterfly
“And Covenants, without the Sword, are but Words, and of no strength to secure a man at all.” Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

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