“Does government protection protect? It doesn't do anything of the sort. It takes vengeance in your name after you've been hurt and calls it protection.”

“Sometimes it's braver not to fight. Protect them, and save your vengeance for another day.”

“What you want is protection. You want to be safe. What the government does is to try to retaliate after the fact.”

“Can an Enlightened individual protect others from being hurt. A Sentinel protecting the pure.”

“On condition that you protect my rights, I will protect your rights. How, then, does some party obtain the right to claim the protection of the other? Evidently, by actually protecting the rights of the other. But if this is so, no party will ever obtain a strictly legal claim to the protection of the other.”

“To protect your energy.
It's okay to cancel a commitment.
It's okay to not answer that call.
It's okay to change your mind.
It's okay to want to be alone.
It's okay to take a day off.
It's okay to do nothing.
It's okay to speak up.
It's okay to let go.
Guard Your Energy, and Protect Your Peace!”

“You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.”

“Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.”

“I thought you needed to be tougher. But I've been thinking that protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn't the kind of protecting that anybody wants.”

“Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.”