A Quote by George C. Marshall

The price of peace is eternal vigilance

George C. Marshall

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George C. Marshall
American - Soldier
December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959

The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied.

Haile Selassie

I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.

George Orwell

The price of liberty is, in addition to eternal vigilance, eternal patience with the vacuous blather occasionally expressed from behind the shield of free speech.

Michael Shermer

Eternal vigilance is the price of eternal development.

Gordon B. Hinckley

The price of eternal vigilance is indifference.

Marshall McLuhan

Eternal Vigilance is the price of democracy.

Thomas Jefferson

Eternal vigilance is the price of knowledge.

George Santayana

The price of barbecue is eternal vigilance.

Thomas Jefferson

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

Desmond Tutu

The price of metaphor is eternal vigilance.

Arturo Rosenblueth

Eternal vigilance is the price of sexual confidence.

Lionel Tiger

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.