#Protection Quotes

“For the poor wren (The most diminutive of birds) will fight, Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.”

“So loving to my mother,That he might not beteem the winds of heaven,Visit her face' too roughly.”

“Government exists to defend the weak and the poor and the injured party; the rich and the strong can better take care of themselves.”

“The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.”

“No .... holy father, throw away that thought.Believe not that the dribbling dart of loveCan pierce a complete bosom.”

“If you do not possess the staff of caution and discrimination, use the eyes of him who sees. If there is no staff of caution and discrimination, do not wander on the road without a guide.”

“Heaven often protects valuable souls charged with great secrets, great ideas, by long shutting them up with their own thoughts.”

“Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.”

“There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.”

“The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all.”

“Give to these children, new from the world,Rest far from men.Is anything better, anything better?Tell us it then.”

“Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”

“For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”

“Students of reading, writing and common arithmetick . . . Graecian [Greek], Roman, English and American history . . . should be rendered . . . worthy to receive, and able to guard the sacred deposit of the rights and liberties of their fellow citizens.”

“I have no fear, I have only ambition, and I want mine, And I will do anything to protect and feed my family.”

“There is always safety in valor.”

“As gas-light is found to be the best nocturnal police, so the universe protects itself by pitiless publicity.”

“If a man is running down the street with everything you own, you won't let him get away. That's tackling.”

“When all is said and done, the Constitution of the United States is a set of words on a piece of paper. The only way that the Constitution can protect us is if we protect the Constitution.”

“Our surest protection against assault from abroad has been not all our guards, gates and guns, or even our two oceans, but our essential goodness as a people. Our richest asset has been not our material wealth but our values.”

“There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm. The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value. Conservation means development as much as it does protection.”

“Conservation means development as much as it does protection. I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that come after us.”

“We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.”

“Conservation means development as much as it does protection.”

“The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.”

“The supreme duty of the Nation is the conservation of human resources through an enlightened measure of social and industrial justice. We pledge ourselves to work unceasingly in State and Nation for ... the protection of home life against the hazards of sickness, irregular employment and old age through the adoption of a system of social insurance adapted to American use.”

“The protection of our citizens, the spirit and honor of our country, requirethat force should be interposed to a certain degree.”

“Conservation means development as much as it does protection.A man's usefulness depends upon his living up to his ideals insofar as he can.”

“No greater wrong can ever be done than to put a good man at the mercy of a bad, while telling him not to defend himself or his fellows; in no way can the success of evil be made surer or quicker.”

“Stand guard at the portal of your mind.”

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”

“The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights.”

“Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.”

“Without doubt one is allowed to resist against the unjust aggressor to one's life, one's goods or one's physical integrity; sometimes, even 'til the aggressor's death... In fact, this act is aimed at preserving one's life or one's goods and to make the aggressor powerless. Thus, it is a good act, which is the right of the victim.”

“My sorrow is my castle.”

“MOTHER: Why, just lying there, Jim, you run so fast. I never saw anyone move so much, just sleeping. Promise me, Jim. Wherever you go and come back, bring lots of kids. Let them run wild. Let me spoil them, some day. JIM: I'm never going to own anything that can hurt me.”

“Protect yourself......from your own thoughts.”

“Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”

“The torch of liberty is hot; warms those who hold it high; burns those who try to extinguish it.”

“If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.”

“No evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death.”

“Because being comfortable meant she might lower her guard, and she could not let that happen.”

“there were moments in life when violence was necessary to save lives”

“I went to the school and put it to William, particularly, that if you find someone you love in life, you must hang onto it, and look after it, and if you were lucky enough to find someone who loved you, then you must protect it.”

“I will fight for my children on any level so they can reach their potential as human beings and in their public duties.”

“When I paint a woman in an armchair, the armchair is there to show illness and death-or as a protection.”

“Whatever the source of emotion that drives me to create, I want to give it a form which has some connection with the visible world, even if it is only to wage war on that world....I want my paintings to be able to defend themselves to resist the invader, just as though there were razor blades on all surfaces so no one could touch them without cutting his hands.”

“Prosperity is the best protector of principle.”

“I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you.”

“I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried...I am a rock.”