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• 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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• The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Country, Years, Law

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• I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.

  Annie Lennox

  Children, Giving, Want

  "Why Annie Lennox is ready to move on". Interview with Shanon Cook, edition.cnn.com. February 18, 2009.

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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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• If individuals are rational, there is no need to protect them against their own choices.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Choices, Needs, Individual

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• I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.

  Youssou N'Dour

  My Family, Protect My Family

  "A song and a prayer" by Mark Hudson, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2004.

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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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• The Thought Police: To censor and protect.

  Craig Reucassel

  Police, Thought Police

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• The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision that strikes down discriminatory legislation, including past Supreme Court decisions, affirming the fundamental rights to marry the person you love, overrules a majority decision.

  David Boies

  Past, Rights, Decision

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• The development of the food industry for both domestic and export markets relies on a regulatory framework that both protects the consumer and assures fair trading practices in food.

  Gro Harlem Brundtland

  Practice, Development, Framework

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• And now, since I've been governor since last January, I have written numerous letters to the administration in regards to securing our borders with absolutely no response. So we have been facing this crisis, and it's devastating the people of Arizona. And I feel as governor I have a responsibility to protect the citizens.

  Jan Brewer

  Responsibility, People, Borders

  "Exclusive: Gov. Brewer - We're Not Going to Put Up With Insecure Borders Anymore". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. April 28, 2010.

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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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• Height, width, and depth are the three phenomena which I must transfer into one plane to form the abstract surface of the picture, and thus to protect myself from the infinity of space.

  Max Beckmann

  Space, Infinity, Depth

  Max Beckmann, Barbara Copeland Buenger (1997). “Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950”, p.302, University of Chicago Press

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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 don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.

  Camille Claudel

  Say Anything, Want, Protect You

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• Whether you're earning $7 an hour or $700,000 a year, it's very important to protect your credit rating.

  Frank Abagnale

  Years, Important, Credit

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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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• It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.

  Adrian Cronauer

  People, Flags, Amendments

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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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