Accepting Quote by Samuel Johnson

He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience.

— Samuel Johnson

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a…

— Thomas Paine

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a…

— Thomas Paine

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk…

— Andrew Jackson

It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice of the weakest.

— Robert Purvis

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

— John Ruskin

I think whoever is the president [he] must guard your liberties, must not erode your rights in America.

— George W. Bush

I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people,…

— Grover Cleveland

"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.

— Adolf Galland

Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.

— Robert McNamara

The president's priority is to protect the safety and security of the American people. That's the physical security of the American people as well…

— John O. Brennan

Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.

— Maureen Dowd