Vigilance
The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.
Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.
Guard; watch.
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Vigilance Quotations
I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.
George Orwell
There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
Samuel Johnson
When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
Pearl S. Buck
Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.
Paul Cellucci
And we ask the American people to play an important part of our layered defense. We ask for cooperation, patience and a commitment to vigilance in the face of a determined enemy.
Janet Napolitano
But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.
Antonio Tabucchi
Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we would less capable of protecting our nation.
Leonard Boswell
Our Founders always wondered about how long it would last. The price of liberty is everlasting vigilance. You've got to be on your guard every minute or you will lose it.
Michael Novak
He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fierceness was thrown into it by the loss of his ears, which had been cropped pretty close to his head.
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
Vigilance Translations
vigilance in German is Wachsamkeit
vigilance in Swedish is vaksamhet
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