It is much safer to obey than to rule

The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly

My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow: Don't never prophesy - onless ye know

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

We are safer but we are not yet safe. Four years after 9/11, we are not as safe as we could be. And that is unacceptable. While the terrorists are learning and adapting, our government is still moving at a crawl.

They seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, When they are bound to serve, love, and obey