“… from our vantage point it is now clear that the only thing the population had to fear was fear itself.”— Bernard Beckett Related Quotes “Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.”– Tertullian “As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.”– Cyril Connolly “I like to do something I fear.”– Heath Ledger