Careful Words

safety (n.)

  Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

Edmund Burke (1729-1797): Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians. Vol. vii. p. 50.

  In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Old Testament: Proverbs xi. 14; xxiv. 6.

  They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790): Historical Review of Pennsylvania.

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3.

I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!

Thou little valiant, great in villany!

Thou ever strong upon the stronger side!

Thou Fortune's champion that dost never fight

But when her humorous ladyship is by

To teach thee safety.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act iii. Sc. 1.

  Truth is its [justice's] handmaid, freedom is its child, peace is its companion, safety walks in its steps, victory follows in its train; it is the brightest emanation from the Gospel; it is the attribute of God.

Sydney Smith (1769-1845): Lady Holland's Memoir. Vol. i. p. 29.