I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have fear it.

People are afraid and when people are afraid when their pie is shrinking they look for somebody to hate. They look for somebody to blame. And a real leader speaks to anxiety and to fear and allays those fears assuages anxiety.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear.

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have fear it.

I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.

Those who own much have much to fear.