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title: "4 Reason Protect Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/i-would-uphold-the-law-if-for-no-other-reason-but-to-protect-myself/)

[Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/thomas-more-3382_law_i-would-uphold-the-law-if-for-no-other-r_339395.jpg)

> [“But there is one more reason to protect other species. One seldom if ever mentioned. Perhaps we are the first to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/but-there-is-one-more-reason-to-protect-other-species-one-seldom-if/)

[David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/)

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> [The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allan-bloom/the-most-important-function-of-the-university-in-an-age-of-reason-is/)

[Allan Bloom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allan-bloom/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/allan-bloom-4105_age_the-most-important-function-of-the-unive_2995869.png)

> [God allows us to feel pain for a reason: to protect us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-dungy/god-allows-us-to-feel-pain-for-a-reason-to-protect-us/)

[Tony Dungy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-dungy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/tony-dungy-2343_feels_god-allows-us-to-feel-pain-for-a-reason_3178174.png)

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