Protected Quotes

• If we are absolutely grounded in the absolute love of God that protects us from nothing even as it sustains us in all things, then we can face all things with courage and tenderness and touch the hurting places in others and in ourselves with love.

  James Finley

  Love, God, Hurt

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• A system cannot fail those it was never meant to protect

  Vann R. Newkirk II

  Political, Justice Will Prevail, Resistance

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• Kids don't have a little brother working in the coal mine, they don't have a little sister coughing her lungs out in the looms of the big mill towns of the Northeast. Why? Because we organized; we broke the back of the sweatshops in this country; we have child labor laws. Those were not benevolent gifts from enlightened management. They were fought for, they were bled for, they were died for by working people, by people like us. Kids ought to know that.

  Utah Phillips

  Country, Song, Brother

  Interview with David Kupfer, progressive.org. September 1, 2003.

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• When a person is resolute [determined, sold out, dedicated, single-minded] in his faith and recognizes God's Presence everywhere, he is protected from all sides.

  Gloria Copeland

  Sides, Determined, Dedicated

  FaceBook post by Gloria Copeland from Sep 01, 2015

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• What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any enforcement mechanism to ensure their habitat is protected? It is nothing.

  Jay Inslee

  Rivers, Bird, Tree

  "House Approves Revised Endangered Species Act". "Morning Edition", www.npr.org. September 30, 2005.

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• Ignorance
  Protects itself,
  And protected,
  Ignorance grows.

  Octavia Butler

  Ignorance, Quails, Protect

  Octavia E. Butler (1998). “Parable of the Talents: A Novel”, p.187, Seven Stories Press

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• Banks are so protected from liability they would have to really do something that was their mistake in order for them to be liable for it. Banks don't look at signatures. They're processing millions of checks and they have very little liability.

  Frank Abagnale

  Mistake, Order, Littles

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• One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood.

  Alison Gopnik

  Long, Childhood, Humans

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• I've had to come to grips with a God that fits my own experience, which is, my God could not be offering protection and not have protected my boy.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Boys, Offering, Protection

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• The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.

  William O. Douglas

  Freedom, Atheism, Liberty

  "A Living Bill of Rights". Book by William O. Douglas, 1961.

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• All children have rights and those rights must be protected.

  Novak Djokovic

  Children, Rights

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Justice, Judging, Links

  "Newsweek" Magazine, February 20, 1978.

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• My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

  Quentin Crisp

  Fathers Day, Mother, Dad

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• So long as man is protected by madness - he functions - and flourishes.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Men, Long, Madness

  Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books

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• In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

  Noam Chomsky

  Country, Freedom Of Speech, United States

  "'The United States Has Essentially a One-Party System'". Interview with Gabor Steingart, www.spiegel.de. October 10, 2008.

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• In honor of Surgeon General Koop's legacy, we should ensure that the position of surgeon general is protected from political interference, funded appropriately and nominated from the ranks of career public health professionals who merit consideration, as is done in the other uniformed services.

  Richard Carmona

  Careers, Political, Honor

  "Surgeon General Koop: The Legacy of a Health Warrior" by Richard Carmona, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.

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• Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park - no, I don't wear the dreaded helmet then.

  David Byrne

  Running, Central Park, Parks

  "David Byrne and Jeremy Deller: Audio Games". Modern Painters Interview, www.blouinartinfo.com. March 17, 2010.

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• I often think that woman is more free in Islam than in Christianity. Woman is more protected by Islam than by the faith which preaches monogamy. In AI Quran the law about woman is juster and more liberal.

  Annie Besant

  Thinking, Law, Islam

  "The Life and Teachings of Muhammad". Book by Annie Besant, 1932.

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• I believe in freedom of speech. And I believe that spending on political campaigns is a form of political speech that is protected under the constitution.

  Marco Rubio

  Believe, Political, Freedom Of Speech

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Im for the fracking. I think its an opportunity for Ohio to really get a lot of jobs. But we have to do it right. We have to really take a deep breath, do it right, make sure the public is protected, make sure our land is protected.

  Mike DeWine

  Jobs, Opportunity, Thinking

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• I sleep so much better at night, knowing that America is protected from thin pickles and fast ketchup.

  Orrin Hatch

  Sleep, Night, Government

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• The President of the United States has super star status. He's not a normal person, because he's protected like no other person in the world and if this man's life is in danger, the whole world is kind of in peril in a way, because the leader of the free world could fall into the hands of terrorists.

  Roland Emmerich

  Stars, Fall, Men

  Source: collider.com

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