Quotes about Protection
I think it is a worthy goal in America to have every child protected by law and welcomed in life. I also think we ought to continue to have good adoption law as an alternative to abortion.
— George W. Bush
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them.
— John Milton
What boots it at one gate to make defense,And at another to let in the foe?
— John Milton
We have sometimes escaped from grave dangers not by any wisdom or foresight of our own, but by the intervention of unforeseen circumstances. So both the revelation of Scripture and our own individual experiences confirm the wisdom and good providence of God. He watches over His people from the earliest moment of their lives. He overrules and guards them through all their blind wanderings and leads them in a way that they know not.
— John Newton
To be humble, and like a little child, afraid of taking a step alone, and so conscious of snares and dangers around us as to cry to Him continually to hold us up that we may be safe, is the sure, the infallible, the only secret of walking closely with Him.
— John Newton
God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings. He is looking for people who will leave father and mother and homeland or anything else that may hold them back from a life of love under the wings of Jesus.
— John Piper
The Lord is kind. He is good to all who take refuge under his wings.
— John Piper
Headship is the divine calling of a husband to take primary responsibility for Christ-like, servant leadership, protection, and provision in the home.
— John Piper
Denying rights that protect lesser values to maintain rights that protect greater values is what good laws are supposed to do.
— John Piper
The merciful provisions of the law extend even to the lower animals, which cannot express in words their want and suffering.
— Ellen White
Not even a sparrow falls to the ground without the Father's notice. Satan's hatred against God leads him to hate every object of the Saviour's care. He seeks to mar the handiwork of God, and he delights in destroying even the dumb [voiceless] creatures.
— Ellen White