Protect Quotes - Page 18

• I will never be able to say what is in my heart because words fail us, because it is in our nature to protect, because there are times when what is public and what is private must be discerned.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Heart, Able, Failing

  Terry Tempest Williams (2012). “When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice”, p.210, Macmillan

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• I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive.

  Nancy Reagan

  Husband, Thinking, Alive

  Nancy Reagan (2011). “My Turn: The Memoirs of Nancy Reagan”, p.64, Random House

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• You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something dear to you.

  Harvey Keitel

  Father, Dear, Profundity

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• People should not expect the state to protect them from fraudsters. If we do, we get into the habit of neglecting our own powers of intellectual discernment.

  Julian Baggini

  People, Intellectual, Habit

  "Consistency is overrated" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2009.

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• I sin like crazy, but I protect my people.

  Corey Taylor

  Crazy, People, Sin

  Corey Taylor (2012). “Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good”, p.124, Da Capo Press

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• Courts have long recognized the federal government's robust power to inspect people and goods entering the country. After all, the very foundation of national sovereignty is a nation's ability to protect its borders.

  Bob Barr

  Country, Government, Long

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• I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores.

  Jerry Bruckheimer

  Military, Thinking, Looks

  "That's militainment" by Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2002.

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• I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have to protect myself. I'm quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don't get given a hard time by anyone.

  Jim Broadbent

  Hate, Hard Times, Ordinary

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• My suspension was a long-planned move... and was done to protect would-be convicts in Romanian politics.

  Traian Basescu

  Moving, Long, Would Be

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• My children and grandchildren loved the secret servicemen and women that served us. I was honoured that they thought I was important enough to protect.

  Andrew Card

  Children, Secret, Important

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• I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend the needy from the aggressively greedy. I've led a blessed life. What a kick for a kid from the projects.

  Gary Ackerman

  Blessed, Kids, Elderly

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• My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.

  Mangosuthu Buthelezi

  People, Violence, Feels

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• If the Bush Administration cannot ensure Americans that they will be safe from the flu, how will they protect our country against a possible bio-terror or chemical attack? The American people deserve better.

  Jon Corzine

  Country, People, Deserve Better

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• We can practice tolerance while still holding true to cultural values that protect the institution of marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.

  Ken Calvert

  Men, Practice, Tolerance

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• Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Allies, United States, Defense

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• It's very difficult to tell someone how to protect themselves from a terrorist attack, whether it occurs in the U.S. or on foreign soil, particularly when you have terrorists with no concern for human life.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Soil, Human Life, Difficult

  "Rep. Saxby Chambliss: Anti-terrorism measures in the U.S". CNN Chat Room, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2001.

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• There are always reasons for people's behaviour, and it's easy just to dismiss them and assume that we already know their story, especially if they're no good at showing their emotions. Life gives you all these knocks, it's so easy to form a shell to protect yourself. I've done it myself.

  Kate Dickie

  Giving, People, Behaviour

  "Kate Dickie: 'I've been angst-ridden all my life'". Interview With Jane Graham, www.theguardian.com. December 2, 2010.

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• Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.

  Oleg Deripaska

  Strong, Military, Army

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• You know one scene I always think about is in 'The Godfather', when Marlon Brando's in the hospital. Al Pacino arrives there and enlists the help of the baker to protect his father. The two of them stand outside and the baker fiddles with a cigarette lighter, but Pacino's hands are rock steady. That's when we sort of realize that he can do this.

  Garret Dillahunt

  Father, Thinking, Two

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• The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.

  Bob Etheridge

  Responsibility, Government, Terrorist

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• We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo.

  Vito Fossella

  Responsibility, Government, People

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• We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.

  Amy Goodman

  Jobs, Journalist

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• We need laws that protect everyone - men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion...ah, persuasion.

  Bella Abzug

  Gay, Men, Law

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• It is the rule which says that the other rules of scientific procedure must be designed in such a way that they do not protect any statement in science against falsification.

  Karl Popper

  Science, Scientific Method, Way

  Karl Popper (2005). “The Logic of Scientific Discovery”, p.33, Routledge

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• Environmental laws were not passed to protect our air and water, they were passed to get votes.

  Frank Zappa

  Air, Law, Water

  Song: The Central Scrutinizer

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