Fear Quotes

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

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"Fear is the tool used by oppressors to maintain their power."
Peter Kropotkin
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"Fear is the greatest enemy of progress and freedom."
Simón Bolívar
"Fear often keeps people from recognizing their own power."
Friedrich Engels
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"The human being aspires to freedom yet fears its responsibility."
Michel Bakunin
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"Fear of change betrays fear of growth."
Michel Bakunin
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"Fear is the greatest obstacle to progress"
Emma Goldman
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"I am not afraid of ghosts; I fear only those who created them."
Simón Bolívar
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"Fear of the unknown keeps us enslaved to the known."
Peter Kropotkin
"Fear is the tool of oppressors to keep the masses docile."
Friedrich Engels
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"Fear is the tool of tyrants and the enemy of progress."
Michel Bakunin
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"Fear of the future paralyzes those who should be acting."
Michel Bakunin
"Fear of change is the fear of freedom itself."
Friedrich Engels
"Fear is the tool of those who lack rational arguments."
Friedrich Engels
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"Fascism represents a rupture in the social order through fear and irrationality."
Antonio Gramsci
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"No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."
Edmund Burke
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"Every boundary between the normal and abnormal is drawn through an act of power that appears neutral."
Michel Foucault
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"The basis of optimism is sheer terror."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"Fear of the unknown is a greater source of suffering than actual misfortune."
Edmund Burke
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"Nothing is terrible except fear itself."
Edmund Burke
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"Fear is the passion least favorable to happiness."
Jeremy Bentham
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"Fear must not govern one's actions."
Queen Victoria
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"Fear is the weapon of tyrants."
Prince Metternich
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"I believe that fear often stems from ignorance, and knowledge dispels it."
Queen Victoria
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."
Wilhelm II
"Fear is the mind's creation."
Wilhelm II
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"Fear is the greatest enemy of progress."
Lord Palmerston
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"The fear of failure often prevents us from attempting great things."
Queen Victoria
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"We are haunted by our fears, but empowered by our faith."
Queen Victoria
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"The man who fears nothing is either a fool or a saint."
William Gladstone
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"The greatest evil of our time is uncertainty."
Prince Metternich