Protection Quotes - Page 19

• 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.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Mean, Men, History

  Theodore Roosevelt, Leo Edward Miller (1955). “Theodore Roosevelt's America: selections from the writings of the Oyster Bay naturalist”

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• There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented ... The common man, I think, is the great protection against war.

  Ernest Bevin

  Peace, War, Thinking

  Hansard 23 Nov. 1945, col. 786

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• We add our voice ... to those who struggle for the recognition and protection for their rights and cultures, because to the extent that we respect our differences, we shall build a life with more justice.

  Francisco Toledo

  Respect, Struggle, Voice

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• I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections.

  Donald Knuth

  Science, Dna, Patents

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• A society committed to the search for truth must give protection to, and set a high value upon, the independent and original mind, however angular, however rasping, however socially unpleasant it may be; for it is upon such minds, in large measure, that the effective search for truth depends.

  Caryl Parker Haskins

  Wisdom, Truth, Honesty

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• If someone says or does something hurtful, call upon heaven for protection and healing.

  Doreen Virtue

  Broken Heart, Attitude, Healing

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• Worship strengthens you. It gives you a sense of God's presence and ultimately His protection and provision.

  T. D. Jakes

  Giving, Worship, Provision

  Twitter post from Oct 17, 2016

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• It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.

  George Washington

  Bible, Thanksgiving, God

  Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789

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• In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection," he stated. "Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. ... Do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?

  Benjamin Franklin

  Prayer, 4th Of July, Needs

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• There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.

  Andrew Jackson

  Rain, 4th Of July, Blessing

  Veto Message on Bank Bill, 10 July 1832

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• The main thing is you have to be under the protection of spirituality, under the protection of morality, under the protection of divine laws. If you're not under that protection, you can get caught up into anything.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• Democracy is not the law of the majority but the protection of the minority.

  Albert Camus

  Law, Democracy, Majority

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• Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  4th Of July, Patriotic, Blessing

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• Speciation does not necessarily promote evolutionary change; rather, speciation 'gathers in' and guards evolutionary change by locking and stabilization for sufficient geological time within a Darwinian individual of the appropriate scale. If a change in a local population does not gain such protection, it becomes-to borrow Dawkins's metaphor at a macroevolutionary scale-a transient duststorm in the desert of time, a passing cloud without borders, integrity, or even the capacity to act as a unit of selection, in the panorama of life's phylogeny.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Life, Integrity, Clouds

  Stephen Jay GOULD, Stephen Jay Gould (2009). “Punctuated Equilibrium”, p.83, Harvard University Press

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• The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who comes to this island is entitled to the protection of English law, whatever oppression he may have suffered and whatever may be the colour of his skin.

  William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

  War, Law, Islands

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• I appreciate the potato only as a protection against famine, except for that, I know of nothing more eminently tasteless.

  Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

  Appreciation, Vegetables, Appreciate

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• Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Weed, Country, Marijuana

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• Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the protection of property against those irregular and high-handed combinations which sometimes interrupt the ordinary course of justice; to the security of liberty against the enterprises and assaults of ambition, of faction, and of anarchy.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Character, Ambition, Law

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Quentin P. Taylor, John Jay (1998). “The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers”, p.133, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Liberty, Trade, Deserve

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• What reason is there that he which laboreth much, and, sparing the fruits of his labor, consumeth little, should be more charged than he that, living idly, getteth little and spendeth all he gets, seeing the one hath no more protection from the commonwealth than the other?

  Thomas Hobbes

  Liberty, Littles, Fruit

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• I've always been for immigration reform; in 2007 I just didn't feel it had enough protections.

  Tom Harkin

  Immigration, Reform, Had Enough

  "Moderate Dems coy on immigration debate". www.politico.com.

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• I intend to have protections for the L.G.B.T. community in there. I'm not going to make choices between that community and the non-L.G.B.T. community.

  Patrick Leahy

  Choices, Community, Immigration

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• For one, we very much need in any immigration bill - we need protection for people who are in this country and who have not become citizens, for example, that they are protected and legitimized and given permanent residency here. And we want to see some things of that kind added to the immigration bill.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, People, Immigration

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1988). “Ronald Reagan”

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• After a hard day scrambling to find your way around in the world, it's assuring to come home to a place you know. God can be equally familiar to you. With time you can learn where to go for nourishment, where to hide for protection , where to turn for guidance. Just as your earthly house is a place of refuge, so God's house is a place of peace.

  Max Lucado

  Prayer, Home, House

  Max Lucado (2011). “The Great House of God”, p.5, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities.

  John F. Kennedy

  Responsibility, Rights, Justice

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.407, Best Books on

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