Fear Quotes

"A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people" "Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe " "People are terrified of me, and I want them to be" "I think honesty is the ultimate liberation in life. People who lie are afraid. Afraid of what they don't know or what others will think." "I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed." "Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch " "The brave man is not the one who does not feel afraid, but the one who conquers that fear." "There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit, waiting for some final and desperate danger to make it grow" "The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear." "You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right." "We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time" "Ignorance is the parent of fear." "Our worst misfortunes never happen and most miseries lie in anticipation" "Monsters cannot be announced. One cannot say: 'here are our monsters,' without immediately turning the monsters into pets" "The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all" "There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear" "Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." "A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears" "Cowardice is the most terrible of vices." "The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people."