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The property of power is to protect.

— Blaise Pascal

The 'responsibility to protect' is a very important concept.

— Antonio Guterres

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots…

— Demosthenes

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

— Brad Henry

Governments in countries across the world have a duty to do everything possible to keep the public safe from terrorist attacks.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.

— William Proxmire

I think we're never fully protected, but I think we need to do everything we can to stop threats to us.

— Rand Paul

You cannot protect something without intervening on some level.

— Thomas de Maiziere

If you really want to protect someone, you should make that person stronger so that he can survive without your powers. Thats the true…

— Anonymous

The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment.…

— Hugo Black

In a free society, government has the responsibility of protecting us from others, but not from ourselves.

— Walter E. Williams

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

— Heather Brooke