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Francis Walsingham Quotes

There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

Francis Walsingham
Littles, Too Much, Danger
Cited in U.S. News and World Report (27 January 2003)

I call God to witness that as a private person I have done nothing unbeseeming an honest man, nor, as I bear the place of a public man, have I done anything unworthy of my place.

Francis Walsingham
Men, Done, Bears

There is nothing more dangerous than security.

Francis Walsingham
Historical, Danger, Closed Minded

Knowledge is never too dear.

Francis Walsingham
Dear
Quoted in Polmar and Allen, Encyclopedia of Espionage (1997).