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Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ↗

— George Washington

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Well, as a songwriter, it's really dangerous to use the word love in a song. It's a word that has been used in songs so many millions of times before, and it's the most popular topic to ever write about. ↗

— Jack White

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When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it. ↗

— Howard Barker

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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

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He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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If we didn't want to upset anyone, we would make films about sewing, but even that could be dangerous. But I think finally, in a film, it is how the balance is and the feelings are. But I think there has to be those contrasts and strong things within a film for the total experience. ↗

— David Lynch

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You need a vanguard organization in order to overcome the dangerous potential brought about by the uneven development of class militancy and class consciousness. ↗

— Ernest Mandel

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A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he's persuasive. ↗

— Demetri Martin

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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you little purchase upon his soul. ↗

— Gilbert Murray

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