Danger

Famous quotes containing the word danger:

    To an immature nature essentially honest and humane, forewarning intimations of subtler danger from one’s kind come tardily if at all.
    Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    Enthusiastic partisans of the idea of progress are in danger of failing to recognize ... the immense riches accumulated by the human race.... By underrating the achievements of the past, they devalue all those which still remain to be accomplished.
    Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–1990)

    Last evening attended Croghan Lodge International Order of Odd Fellows. Election of officers. Chosen Noble Grand. These social organizations have a number of good results. All who attend are educated in self-government. This in a marked way. They bind society together. The well-to-do and the poor should be brought together as much as possible. The separation into classes—castes—is our danger. It is the danger of all civilizations.
    Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)