“Maybe you just can't protect people from certain specialized types of folly with any sane amount of regulation, and the correct response is to give up on the high social costs of inadequately protecting people from themselves under certain circumstances.” PeopleGivingCertainSocialTypeAmountCircumstancesCostProtectGiving UpResponseFollyRegulationSane Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“In Tanzania, the chimps are isolated in a very tiny patch of forest. I flew over it 13 years ago and realized that, basically, all the trees had gone, that people all around the park are struggling to survive. It became very clear that there was no way to protect the chimps while the people were in this dire circumstance.” PeopleWayYearsStruggleGoneClearTreeCircumstancesProtectYears AgoTinyForestsParksOver ItIsolatedPatchesFlewTanzaniaStruggling To Survive Author:Jane Goodall
“In the name of religious freedom, relativists have banished religion from the public square. They say they have to destroy public displays of religion in order to protect it. They response has been a culturewide gag order on Christianity in governmental and even commercial circumstances.” Has BeensChristianOrderNamesReligiousChristianityCircumstancesProtectResponseSquaresDisplayReligious FreedomGags Book:The Age of Consent: The Rise of Relativism and the Corruption of Popular Culture Source: The Age of Consent: The Rise of Relativism and the Corruption of Popular Culture
“Although fear in the right dosage and under the right circumstance protects us ... imaginary fear offers straitjackets instead of lifejackets, nooses instead of safety nets.” FearCircumstancesOffersProtectSafetyImaginarySafety NetNoosesDosage Author:Gina Barreca
“The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life.” PeopleWorldWayLifeHumansFoundReligiousFreedomRightsCitizensCircumstancesProtectTreatsBlessedHuman RightsAround The WorldHelplessPersecutionReligious FreedomDeprivation Author:Jimmy Carter
“If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstances. All forms of dogmatic religion should go. The world did without them in the past and can do so again. I cite the great civilizations of China and India.” IfsMenWorldShouldMadeSoulPastFormCan DoCircumstancesCivilizationProtectIndiaChinaBloodyDogmaticCitingBandagesChina And India Author:Theodore Dreiser
“To be united with Me in total dedication to My highest will protects the soul from forces of destruction. There is no safety in external circumstances. The only shield for the spirit of man is My presence. It is written, "The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them."” MenSoulSpiritForceUnitedLordWrittenCircumstancesProtectHighestAngelDestructionSafetyRoundsDedicationShields Author:Frances J Roberts
“When someone comes under abuse or attack a characteristic response is to blame yourself, especially if you are locked into a relationship of being attacked regularly, and making apologies for your abuser. It actually affects Christians living in Islamic circumstances more, and one Palestinian Christian spoke about that problem of needing to defend Islam in order to protect yourself.” IfsProblemChristianOrderCircumstancesProtectAbuseBlameResponseIslamCharacteristicsIslamicSpokesApologyLockedPalestinianAbusersProtect Yourself Author:Mark Durie
“I've borne these two kids into a particularly strange circumstance. They are going to have to fend off a lot and protect themselves from a lot of projections and prejudice about who they are, coming from the family that they come from.” TwoKidsStrangeCircumstancesProtectPrejudiceProjection Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests. That we shouldn’t be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us.” PeopleShouldPersonsGovernmentAmericaGivenInterestPrinciplesRightsTalentBirthCircumstancesProtectTrapped Author:Marco Rubio