"We Will not Walk in Fear of one Another"

[Ichingcarpenter]

"We will not walk in fear, one of another.

We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason
if we dig deep in our history and doctrine and remember

that we are not descended from fearful men,
not from men who feared to write, to speak,

to associate and to defend causes which were,
for the moment, unpopular.

We can deny our heritage and our history,
but we cannot escape responsibility for the result.
There is no way for a citizen of the Republic to abdicate his responsibility."


"To be persuasive, we must be believable;
to be believable, we must be credible;
to be credible, we must be truthful."

"This instrument Television can teach,
it can illuminate, yes, it can even inspire.

But it can do so only to the extant that human beings
are determined to use it to those ends.
Otherwise it's nothing more than lights and wires in a box".


Edward R. Murrow

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Superb quote...

[FLyellowdog]

2. I especially like this part. Thanks for the post.

"To be persuasive, we must be believable;
to be believable, we must be credible;
to be credible, we must be truthful."

This sounds like something Obama would say.

(Can we be friends?)

[texpatriot2004]

3. "...we will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason..."

I hope this is true.

[MtUpWithWngsAsEgles]

4. So true

"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin to shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered…"

Rev Dr MLK Jr

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. I watched the Movie Goodnight and Goodluck- Also more non fear quotes

I really enjoyed the movie and it deserved the nominations it received.



Quotes:
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up,
this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa Parks

It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last,
fearing to be free, they multiply their own chains.
You can liberate a freeman, but you cannot liberate a slave.
Louis J. Halle



Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we often might win, by fearing to attempt.
Jane Addams




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

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.
Thomas Jefferson

Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
H. Jackson Browne

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it.
I can only teach you not to bow your heads
before any one even at the cost of your life.
Mahatma Gandhi

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom. Marilyn Ferguson




Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched.
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion.
Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one,
he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
Thomas Jefferson



We in America do not have government by the majority.
We have government by the majority who participate.
Thomas Jefferson


Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
Aung San Suu Kyi



Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.
Dorothy Thompson



You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt:

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity.
They seem to be more afraid of life than death.
James F. Bymes

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others. Marianne Williamson


“The only thing we have to fear is fear it self -
nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes
needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
FDR - First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933

“Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.”
German Proverb

“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.” Sven Goran Eriksson



Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.
Japenese proverb

There is not a truth existing which I fear
or would wish unknown to the whole world.
Thomas Jefferson


He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Napoleon I

You don’t face your fears, you stand up to them.
Anon

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment
that something else is more important than fear.
Ambrose Redmoon


Inaction breeds doubt and fear.
Action breeds confidence and courage.
If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home
and think about it. Go out and get busy.
Dale Carnegie

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fear has its use, but cowardice has none.
I may not put my hand into the jaws of a snake,
but the very sight of the snake need not strike terror into me.
The trouble is that we often die many times before death overtakes us.
Mahatma Gandhi

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
Andre Gide


"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
Steve Biko Speech in Cape Town, 1971