#fear

The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. ↗

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There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

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Fear of things invisible in the natural seed of that which everyone in himself calleth religion. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

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In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of pride and, I do believe, an object of affection and-yes, love. ↗

— Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Madison Square Garden, November 1984. I don't recall taking too much fear into the ring. I knew I could fight. But I got a big shock. They put me in with this rough, tough veteran called Lionel Byarm. He tested me to the limit. But I fought my heart out and, in the end, I prevailed. The story of my life, in my very first fight. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

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When at a young age you learn to face your fears, that makes the difference between people being champions and people not being champions. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

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I knew that if the feat was accomplished it must be at a most fearful sacrifice of as brave and gallant soldiers as ever engaged in battle. ↗

— John B. Hood

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I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power. ↗

— Terrence Howard

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While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear? ↗