“Get away from the fear. Don't fear the terrorists. They're mothers and fathers.”

“Fear will hold you back from achieving happiness in life. Expectation is the mother of fear.”

“In the long run, people have more to fear from governments than from terrorists. Terrorists come and go, but power-hungry politicians will always be with us.”

“Don't you ever get tired of asking questions?'
'Never. They're mother's milk to me.”

“Fear, indeed, is the mother of foresight…”

“It is a pregnant complex, gleaming up from the unconscious, of mother-fixation, sexual desire, and fear.”

“Don't waste your time with fear.. Fear won't keep you safe from being hurt.”

“To say that corrupt means corrupt the ends is to believe in the immaculate conception of ends and principles. The real arena is corrupt and bloody. Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.”

“Like a steely blade in a silken sheath
We don't see what they're made of
They shout about love, but when push comes to shove
They live for the things they're afraid of

And the knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them…
- The Weapon (Part II of 'Fear') (1982)”

“Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.”