Freeman Tilden
Author
"Through interpretation, understanding; through understanding, appreciation; through appreciation, protection."
Protection quotes
Protection
211 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Jalal Talabani
Politician
"The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it."
Sigmund Freud
Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
"Perception is less of a recording system and more of a protection system against external stimuli."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military Leader, Politician
"Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states."
Aung San Suu Kyi
Politician, Activist
"The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest."
Explore further
Topics related to Protection
Browse quotes that often appear alongside protection — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Protection quotes (page 1 of 11)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection."
Read quote
34 likes
"willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection."
Read quote
23 likes
"Americans continue to rapidly homogenize ourselves into a neutered oblivion. For a country founded on the protection of the unique, we relish our sameness."
Read quote
21 likes
"To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder."
Read quote
20 likes
"The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms."
Read quote
18 likes
"We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles."
Read quote
18 likes
"Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other right."
Read quote
13 likes
"The same protection you create for yourself becomes the wall that imprisons you."
Read quote
13 likes
"There is no protection against slander."
Read quote
13 likes
"Protection and security are only valuable if they do not cramp life excessively."
Read quote
11 likes
"I just don't think there's a sunscreen that gives you enough protection."
Read quote
10 likes
"Many financial advisors recommend that you diversify for your own protection. What they fail to tell you is that it is also for their protection. Since most financial advisors cannot tell you exactly which stock or mutual fund is a great investment, they tell you to buy a bunch of them."
Read quote
10 likes
"The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection."
Read quote
9 likes
"Love is it's own protection."
Read quote
8 likes
"A thick headcloth forms a good protection against the sun, and if you wear a hat your best Arab friends will be ashamed of you in public."
Read quote
8 likes
"No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection."
Read quote
8 likes
"The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection."
Read quote
8 likes
"There are dangers that globalization increases inequality. There are dangers that because capital is mobile and workers are not, if we are not providing them sufficient protection, that they can be left behind in this process. And that's what we have to focus on."
Read quote
7 likes
"A strong egoism is a protection."
Read quote
7 likes
"When I paint a woman in an armchair, the armchair is there to show illness and death-or as a protection."
Read quote
6 likes