Quotes: Vigilance

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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.

J. Reuben Clark

When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.

Pearl S. Buck

American writer (1892-1973)

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Our Founders always wondered about how long it would last. The price of liberty is everlasting vigilance. You’ve got to be on your guard every minute or you will lose it.

Michael Novak

American theologian, philosopher, journalist, novelist, and diplomat (1933-2017)

And we ask the American people to play an important part of our layered defense. We ask for cooperation, patience and a commitment to vigilance in the face of a determined enemy.

Janet Napolitano

American politician, lawyer, and academic administrator (born 1957)

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.

Paul Cellucci

American lawyer and politician (1948-2013)

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

John Philpot Curran

Nothing escapes the vigilance of the New South Wales police; their reputation is known the world over.

Joshua Slocum

American navigator and maritime writer (1844-1909)

Our nation’s military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we would less capable of protecting our nation.

Leonard Boswell

American politician (1934-2018)

He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was thrown into it by the loss of his ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his head.

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

American journalist

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