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“You have children," he said. "And you want to be able to protect them. I want you to go home and protect them. But I believe what my colleagues are saying is this - that we should not stop at our desire to protect our own children in their immediate world. We want the streets to be safe, and the walls around them to be sound, and we want to be able to put food in their bellies. These are natural desires." He paused. "But if we want them to be safe and well, we must make the greater world a safer place.” — Maile Meloy

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You have children," he said. "And you want to be able to protect them. I want you to go home and protect them. But I believe what my colleagues are saying is this - that we should not stop at our desire to protect our own children in their immediate world. We want the streets to be safe, and the walls around them to be sound, and we want to be able to put food in their bellies. These are natural desires." He paused. "But if we want them to be safe and well, we must make the greater world a safer place.
— Maile Meloy