“To seek Truth is automatically a calling for the innate dissident and the subversive; how many are willing to give up safety and security for the perilous life of the spiritual revolutionary? How many are willing to truly learn that their own cherished concepts are wrong? Striking provocative or mysterious poses in the safety of Internet [social media] is far easier than taking the risks involved in the hard work of genuine initiation.” GivingHardSpiritualSocialRiskSecurityMediaWillingHard WorkInternetInvolvedEasierCallingTruth IsGiving UpConceptsSafetySocial MediaGenuineMysteriousRevolutionaryInnateProvocativeSubversiveInitiationDissidentsSafety And Security Author:Zeena Schreck
“It is most attractive about the US to people and countries with wealth is that it can provide security, insurance really, against political instability. Nobody is afraid that the money they place in the US is at risk of expropriation or of in some other way being taken away. For this safety, the wealth holders of the world are willing to accept a lower rate of return.” PeopleWorldWayCountryPoliticalWealthAcceptingTakenRiskSecurityWillingReturnSafetyRateAttractiveInstabilityPolitical Instability Author:Milton Friedman
“Only the individual can decide what level of risk she can tolerate and what level of freedom she's willing to sacrifice for the sake of safety.” IndividualLevelsRiskSacrificeWillingSafetySakeTolerate Author:Park Dietz
“I also think it's crucial to convey that the [Black] Movement largely succeeded because of the unwavering dedication of young people willing to risk their comfort, their safety, their lives.” PeopleThinkingYoungBlackRiskMovementWillingComfortSafetyCrucialDedicationUnwavering Author:Nate Powell
“We've long known that firms can pay higher wages if they spend less on workplace safety enhancement. Libertarians ask, "If a worker is willing to accept higher wages in return for his agreement to exercise greater caution while performing his job, why should the government prevent him from making that choice?" It's a rhetorically powerful question, yet it overlooks the fact that the agreement in question will have adverse effects on others.” IfsShouldLongFactsGovernmentJobsChoicesAsksPowerfulPayKnownAcceptingGreaterEffectsWillingReturnHigherExerciseSafetyWorkersLibertarianFirmPerformingAgreementWorkplaceWagesCautionAdverseEnhancementWorkplace SafetyAdverse Effects Author:Robert H. Frank
“A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” MenMadeImportantWarFightingPoliticsFreedomChanceLibertyMilitaryWillingCreaturesGunSafetySoldierConservativeMiserableCombatFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyExertionNo WarBeing FreeBearing ArmsInspirational MilitaryBetter ManCall Of DutyAmerican SoldierEternal VigilanceMilitary HistoryAmerican MilitaryFighting For FreedomPersonal LibertyUs MilitaryUgly ThingsMilitary ManWar VeteranMilitary SoldierSoldiers At WarMilitary OperationsMilitary MemorialHistorical MilitaryUnnecessary WarPersonal SafetySpecial OperationsCombat Veterans Author:John Stuart Mill