“I have two children. They're grown children. I don't think they particularly enjoy it when I'm in a dangerous situation, but they also understand that this is something I feel strongly about. It's what I've done my whole life.” ThinkingFeelsChildrenTwoDoneWholeEnjoySituationDangerousWhole LifeDangerous SituationsGrown Children Author:Martha Raddatz
“It is a dangerous thing for the perfecting of our minds to gain applause by works that do not call forth the whole of our energies; for in that case one generally comes to a standstill.” MindWholeEnergyCasesDangerousGainsApplauseDangerous ThingsStandstill Author:Georg C. Lichtenberg
“The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.” KnowsStillsWholeWaitingDangerousWhole LifeVillageJungleDangerous ThingsInertia Book:House of the Tiger King Paperback Source: House of the Tiger King Paperback
“Since my moral system rests on my accepted version of the facts, he who denies my moral judgments or my version of the facts, is to me perverse, alien, dangerous. How shall I account for him? The opponent has always to be explained, and the last explanation that we ever look for is that he sees a different set of facts. Such an explanation we avoid, because it saps the very foundation of our own assurance that we have seen life steadily and seen it whole.” LooksDifferentWholeFactsLastsMoralDangerousJudgmentAccountsFoundationDenyAcceptedVersionsAliensExplanationOpponentsAssuranceSapMoral Judgment Book:Public Opinion Source: Public Opinion
“Whether a Commonwealth suffers more by hypocritical pretenders to religion or by the openly profane? The most dangerous hypocrite in a Commonwealth is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law. A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law.” MenCountryWholeAbleLawSufferingDangerousColorSakeCheatHypocriteCommonwealthProfaneHypocriticalPretender Author:Benjamin Franklin
“But the most dangerous Hypocrite in a Common-Wealth, is one who leaves the Gospel for the sake of the Law: A Man compounded of Law and Gospel, is able to cheat a whole Country with his Religion, and then destroy them under Colour of Law: And here the Clergy are in great Danger of being deceiv'd, and the People of being deceiv'd by the Clergy, until the Monster arrives to such Power and Wealth, that he is out of the reach of both, and can oppress the People without their own blind Assistance.” PeopleMenCountryWholeAbleLawWealthCommonAtheismDangerousDangerBlindSakeMonstersColourCheatAssistanceHypocriteClergy Book:The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin Source: The Political Thought of Benjamin Franklin