Quotes About Protection

If the keepers of books, journals, films, compact discs, and software do not vigilantly defend free expression and intellectual freedom, who will?

Lord, I'm asking for Your blood to speak for me.

Against diseases here the strongest fence Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.

You only had to be in one fight to know what a beautiful thing a trench could be. The first minié ball whizzes by your head, and you're a digging man evermore.

The government enforces a monopoly over the production and distribution of its alleged 'services' and brings violence to bear against would-be competitors. In so doing, it reveals the fraud at the heart of its impudent claims and gives sufficient proof that it is not a genuine protector, but a mere protection racket.

Their nakedness was their armour, their slow tongues their persuasiveness, their weakness demanded God's strength, and found it.

The best bosses find the sweet spot between acting like spineless wimps who always do just as they are told (no matter how absurd) versus insubordinate rabble-rousers who challenge and ignore every order and standard operating procedure. Good bosses try to cooperate with superiors and do what is best for their organizations, but they realize that defiance can be required to protect their people and themselves – and sometimes is even ultimately appreciated by superiors.

My job is to hold the umbrella so the shit from above doesn't hit you. Your job is to keep me from having to use it.

it's sometimes wise to add rather than remove communication barriers—and physical distance is one of the most protective barriers.

Yet invisibility is a double-edged sword. It provides protection because sometimes attracting a jerk's attention is even worse than being

As Anteby and Chan point out, people who fear retribution from the powerful have long used invisibility as a protective cloak.

As Paul Friedman from the University of Kansas put it, flak catchers are "lightning rods" and "hassle handlers" who take and absorb "jolts sent by the dissatisfied." Taking such heat is part of the job for receptionists; executive assistants; security guards; spokespersons for companies, universities, and political campaigns; people who work in complaint departments; and bouncers.

The survival lesson from studies and stories on backstage regions is that, to reduce your exposure and to recharge your defenses, it helps to find—and if necessary, invent—asshole-free zones where you and others can take temporary refuge.

porcupine power.

No. Wait. I hear a rider coming. Do you have your pistol?" He drew one of his own out from under his great coat and cocked it. "No, Father. I don't carry one. 'He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.' " "And he who lives by the gun shall last longer than the other fellow.

He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge. – Psalm 91:4

And when I see the blood, I will pass over you. – Exodus 12:13

He who keeps you will not slumber. – Psalm 121:3

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me. – Psalm 23:4

I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone, O LORD , make me dwell in safety. – Psalm 4:8

The Lord will take care of me. – Psalm 27:10

Use your calendar as a shield to encircle the most important things of life.

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him. – Nahum 1:7

I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. – John 10:14