“We face many dangerous threats in this dangerous world, but I'm not afraid of them. I'm prepared for them.”
2000s, 2008, (2008)
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politician from the United States 1936–2018Related quotes
“True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid…”
L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Context: There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 236
“I'm not afraid of the world. I'm afraid of a world without you.”
Brian K. Vaughan (1976) American screenwriter, comic book creator
Source: Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
David Gemmell book Legend
Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 9
David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger
I'm Afraid of Americans
Song lyrics, Earthling (1997)
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 4 “La Tia” (p. 72).
Irving Kristol (1920–2009) American columnist, journalist, and writer
Quoted in Commentary, January 1994.
1990s
