Protection Quotes

"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom" "The safest place to be is in the center of God's will" "The capacity for self-government and the determination to protect their own liberties must resist usurpations as well as avoid making them " "The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over its government" "You are protected, in short, by your ability to love" "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" "The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without." "Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other." "War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend." "Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names. Language alone is meditation" "The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long and no longer than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them." "It is my earnest hope you will never land in a more serious emergency" "I see my crucifixion and my death in every great defensive war fought by my people" "Distrust and caution are the parents of security" "We do not talk to terrorists, we destroy them."