“Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets..”
“We have more to fear from the opinions of our friends than the bayonets of our enemies." Politician turned Union General Nathaniel Banks, in plea he couldn't abandon an untenable position.”
“The scream of the twelve-inch shrapnel is more penetrating than the hiss from a thousand Jewish newspaper vipers. Therefore let them go on with their hissing.”
“Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.”
“Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.”
“He answered her with a kiss. It was more than hungry; it was filled with months' worth of fear and uncertainty and longing. It was a thousand I'm sorrys and ten thousand I love yous.”