Definition of Security

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Security

The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty.

Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.

Freedom from risk; safety.

That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.

Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge.

One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation.

An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.

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Security Quotations

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson

Only the insecure strive for security.
Wayne Dyer

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.
Barack Obama

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.
Barack Obama

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.
Ronald Reagan

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
Benjamin Franklin

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
John F. Kennedy

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
John F. Kennedy

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.
Bill Gates

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller

Security Translations

security in Afrikaans is sekerheid, veiligheid
security in Danish is sikkerhed, kaution
security in Dutch is borgstelling, pand, onderpand
security in Italian is sicurezza
security in Latin is cautela, obses
security in Norwegian is sikkerhet

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