“When a leader makes the choice to put the safety and lives of the people inside the organization first, to sacrifice their comforts and sacrifice the tangible results, so that the people remain and feel safe and feel like they belong, remarkable things happen.” PeopleFeelsFirstsHappensMotivationalChoicesResultsLeaderSacrificeComfortSafeOrganizationSafetyThings HappenRemarkableTangible Author:Simon Sinek
“No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated assertions by anonymous government informants. ... Unfortunately, no-knock raids are becoming more common as federal, state, and local politicians and law enforcement agencies decide that the war on drugs justified nullifying the Fourth Amendment. ... No-knock raids in response to alleged narcotics violations presume that the government should have practically unlimited power to endanger some people's lives in order to control what others ingest.” PeopleShouldWarStatesGovernmentLawOrderResultsCommonBecomingPoliticianDrugShould HavePoliceSafetyResponseLocalsAgencyPrivacyAmendmentsFourthUnlimitedLaw EnforcementRuinedEnforcementJustifiedViolationAssertionBecoming MoreWar On DrugsNarcoticsUnlimited PowerRight To PrivacyFourth AmendmentInformants Author:James Bovard
“it is better to take experience, to suffer, to love, and to remember than to walk unscathed between the fires. I've had most immunities myself - the result of an independent income combined with a personality completely devoid of sexual attractions - the two fires of poverty and passion have therefore never burned me, and I am a lesser person for my safety.” PersonsTwoRememberSufferingPassionWalksResultsPovertyFirePersonalityExperienceIndependentSafetyAttractionIncomeBurnedImmunity Book:Letters to a Friend Source: Letters to a Friend
“Cars, toys, aspirin, meat, toasters, water - nearly every product sold has passed basic safety regulations well in advance of being marketed and sold. But consumer credit is a kind of buyer-beware, wild west. That is partly the result of history.” WellsKindWaterResultsCarProductsSafetyWestCreditConsumersMeatRegulationToysBuyersAspirinWild WestToasters Author:Elizabeth Warren
“The people from the suburbs are bringing along their suburban values: cleanliness, orderliness, safety - dullness, in other words. As a result, urban areas are being hollowed out. Just look at Times Square in New York. No more sex shops, no drugs, no homeless people. The area is clinically clean and incredibly dull.” PeopleLooksValuesSexResultsNew YorkDrugAreasSafetyCleanDullShopsSquaresUrbanHomelessSuburbsCleanlinessDullnessHomeless PeopleTimes SquareOrderlinessUrban Areas Author:Rem Koolhaas