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The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.
- Ed Koch
He had returned when he did, on the pressing and written entreaty of a French citizen, who represented that his life was endangered by his absence. He had come back, to save a citizen's life, and to bear his testimony, at whatever personal hazard, to the truth.
- Charles Dickens
The Cosmos may be densely populated with intelligent beings. But the Darwinian lesson is clear: There will be no humans elsewhere. Only here. Only on this small planet. We are a rare as well as an endangered species. Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
- Carl Sagan
What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction.
- Leonardo DiCaprio
There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.
- Elias Canetti
Truly, spiritual courage is on the endangered character-quality list.
- Bill Hybels