I have a ridiculous amount of confidence of protecting myself, but along with that confidence comes the ability that you don't need to fight.
Protecting yourself from failure is probably not a good way to live.
California will not wait for our federal government to take strong action on global warming. We won't wait for the federal government. We will move forward because we know it's the right thing to do. We will lead on this issue and we will get other western states involved. I think there's not great leadership from the federal government when it comes to protecting the environment.
There are reasons to have rules and regulations. That I understand. Authority is a different thing. Authority is to maintain its own position by increasing its power and domination over those people it is supposedly protecting.
Be less about protecting any type of identity affiliated to a country or even ethnic background. Be more about the fact that we're here for a short time and Heaven is going to be a rainbow of people, multiculture, every generation.
My goal in signing these [gun control ] bills is to enhance public safety by tightening our existing laws in a responsible and focused manner, while protecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
Women have always been courageous. . . They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights.
Protecting the environment is really important to everyone's welfare - that of our children, as well as that of the future generations.
No man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and action of others, and who has himself no means in his own hands for guarding, protecting, defending and maintaining that liberty
When government is invested with money power it rises above the citizen and under the profession of protecting him may actually constitute the greatest threat to his well-being and safety. The power which control of the money system gives to government to interfere in and direct and even take the life of the individual should not exist on this earth. No man or group of men is warranted in holding this terrible power over fellow men.
As I've grown older, I've grown more convinced there's nothing that shouldn't be talked about. If we think we're protecting each other, we're not.
When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.
Our God was my shield. His protecting care is an additional cause for gratitude.
There is absolutely no disconnect between common sense gun safety measures and protecting the Second Amendment rights of gun owners.
I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
When countries commit to protecting vulnerable lives, they should receive support from those who can provide it in order to make their programs a success.
Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
I spent my life learning to feel less. Every day I felt less. Is that growing old? Or is it something worse? You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.
I've always said that you were too smart to have a profession. Smart people are hopeless in the face of anything actual. They are terrible cooks. They cannot dress themselves. They are children who need guidance and protecting.
Bureaucracy is adept at protecting its nest.