Fear Quotes

The thing that stops us and, when faced, the thing that frees us. Both sides explored here.

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"State of nature is a state of continual fear and danger of violent death."
Thomas Hobbes
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"Fear is the only real enemy."
José de San Martín
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"El miedo es la cadena que ata a los cobardes."
Benito Juárez
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"What worries you masters you."
John Locke
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"No passion is so contagious as that of fear."
David Hume
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"Fear is the jailer's greatest weapon; courage is the prisoner's greatest tool."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"The oppressor's greatest fear is an educated, unified, determined people."
Toussaint L'Ouverture
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"El verdadero valor no es la ausencia del miedo, sino el dominio de él."
José de San Martín
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"Fear and I were born twins."
Thomas Hobbes
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"The greatest of all fears is the fear of death."
Thomas Hobbes
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"Fear is the passion which makes us believe in anything for safety."
Thomas Hobbes
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"Those who are governed by fear are easily enslaved."
Baruch Spinoza
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"Shame is a sadness accompanied by the idea of some action we imagine others blame."
Baruch Spinoza
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"Fear is sadness caused by an image of a future evil."
Baruch Spinoza
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"Fear and hope are natural companions to the human condition."
David Hume
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"Fear and hope are two passions which naturally arise from uncertainty."
John Locke
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"Nothing is so much to be feared as fear itself."
John Locke
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"Fear is the tool of tyrants everywhere."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Fear keeps us prisoner; truth sets us free."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Fear is the ally of despotism; courage is the ally of freedom."
José de San Martín
B
"Fear is the tool of tyrants; courage is the tool of free men."
Benito Juárez
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"Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the mass psychology of the American people."
Emma Goldman
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"The violence of the gentry's resentment is the great object of apprehension."
Adam Smith
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"Fear is the enemy of freedom."
Michel Bakunin
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"Fear is the greatest obstacle to human progress."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Fear diminishes when we face it collectively."
Peter Kropotkin
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"The fear of death is the beginning of slavery."
Simón Bolívar
"Fear is the weapon of tyrants."
Friedrich Engels
"Fear dissolves in the face of solidarity."
Friedrich Engels
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"The fear of authority is the root of all tyranny."
Peter Kropotkin