“It was nice not having to be the one in control, for a little while. It was nice to be the one who was protected, instead of the one who'd been protecting eveyone else.”

“As soon as I think that I am a little body, I want to preserve it, to protect it, to keep it nice, at the expense of other bodies; then you and I become separate.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

“"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.”

Adolf Galland (1912–1996) German World War II general and fighter pilot

“If your life truths have to be protected like some people keep their couches in plastic then ciao. have a nice life. if we bump into eachoter at Target, i'm the one buying the sour gummy worms and thats all you need to know about me.”

Deb Caletti (1963) American writer

“To protect those who are not able to protect themselves is a duty which every one owes to society.”

Edward Macnaghten, Baron Macnaghten (1830–1913) Anglo-Irish rower, barrister, politician and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary

“If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another.”

Robert Jordan The Shadow Rising

“If the people in this room were not citizens of the United States, if they were not citizens of any state, or of any sovereign government, and if we decided that we needed to, for our own protection, first beginning with safety—September 11th told us why we need each other for the sake of safety—form a government, we have to recognize, each one of us, that this government shall protect the right to life, and to liberty, and property of each one of us. No one of us can say that he deserves protection for the government to be formed, but not somebody else, or that somebody is entitled to more protection than anybody else. Anybody who demands more protection from the government than his fellow citizens won’t be accepted as a fellow citizen.”

Harry V. Jaffa (1918–2015) American historian and collegiate professor

“One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.”

Alain de Botton (1969) Swiss writer

“Lawyer — One who protects us against robbers by taking away the temptation.”

H.L. Mencken (1880–1956) American journalist and writer

“PATRON, n. One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is repaid in flattery.”

Samuel Johnson book A Dictionary of the English Language