The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
James Madison

The state has, in order to control us, introduced division into our thinking, so that we come to distrust others and look to the state for protection.
Butler Shaffer

The United States are a political state, or organized society, whose end is government, for the security, welfare, and happiness of all who live under its protection.
William H. Seward

The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that these countries have caught up to our level of prosperity, it is time for them to catch up to our level of openness.
Larry Summers

There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races, each at a different stage of cultural evolution, some in need of restraint, many in need of protection; everywhere a bewildering Babel of tongues.
Arthur Keith

There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized that there is certain documentation that do deserve protection, that certain privileges do apply and do deserve protection.
Alberto Gonzales

There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause.
Cass Sunstein

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

This is really high on the priority list of tribal concerns. This is a cash cow in many circumstances, and tribes are concerned about protection of tribal assets.
Jack Abramoff

This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection.
Morgan Freeman

To enable men to exercise that power is the object of protection.
Henry Charles Carey

To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.
Ellis Peters

To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.
Benjamin Disraeli

To threaten the institution is to threaten fair administration of justice and protection of liberty.
Stephen Breyer

Today, I will vote in support of the Marriage Protection Amendment. I shall do so because like President Bush, I strongly believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
Nick Lampson

Truly we have had enough experience with sufferance and protection which could be revoked at will. Consequently, the only reasonable Course of action is to work for publicly legalized guarantees.
Theodor Herzl

Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer.
Jon Porter

Under the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses.
Melissa Bean

We have a moral responsibility to save wild places like the arctic refuge for future generations, and that is why our country has remained committed to its protection for nearly 50 years.
Lois Capps

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.
Christopher Dodd