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“Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must be wary of what we are giving up in the name of fighting terrorism.”

Giving May Government Order Fighting Names Liberty Protect Giving Up Claims Terrorism Civil Liberties Fighting Terrorism

Author:Lucille Roybal-Allard

“There is no higher claim to journalistic integrity than going to jail to protect a source.”

Source Higher Integrity Protect Claims Jail Journalistic

Author:Thomas Frank

“I don't claim to be a methodologist, but I act like one only because I do methodology to protect myself from crazy methodologists.”

Crazy Protect Claims Methodology

Author:Ward Cunningham

“Never believe a man's claim that he has to harm his partner in order to protect her; only abusers think this way.”

Thinking Men Way Believe Order Protect Claims Harm Partners Abusers

Book:Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

Source: Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

“I have characterized Ross as exemplifying an extreme position among theistic scientists. However, he is not so extreme as to promote the scientifically unsound notions of the young-Earth creationists and other anti-evolutionists ... They are so far off the scale that their scientific claims need not be taken seriously. Their distortions and misrepresentations of the scientific facts are not consistent with their self-righteous claims of acting to protect all that is good and moral.”

“Simply according artistic works the same protection as nonartistic works may not be sufficient to protect creativity. After all, the very essence of artistic expression is invention and artists necessarily draw on their own experience. But if the rules of liability are unclear, artists will not be able to know how much disguise is sufficient to protect their claims from the claims of those who may see themselves in the portrayals.”

“As one who was a prosecutor for many years, I can tell you that having a tape recording of interrogations would help everybody. It would make clear if there had been improper pressure exerted on a defendant or witness, and it would also protect the interrogating officer from false claims that such pressure had been brought to bear.”

Ifs Years I Can Helping Clear Bears Protect Claims Pressure Witness Officers Tape Prosecutor Interrogation

Author:Eliot Spitzer

“Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.”

People Years Made States Reason Justice Duty Protect Claims Threat Welfare Consistent Cosmos

Author:Geoff Mulgan

“The wolf in him demanded he kick (the door) down and claim her. The man in him just wanted to hold her close and protect her. He’d never been so torn. So confused. So damned horny!”

Men Wanted Doors Protect Claims Down And Kicks Confused Torn Horny So Confused

Book:Night Play

Source: Night Play

“Diversity...is not casual liberal tolerance of anything not yourself. It is not polite accommodation. Instead, diversity is, in action, the sometimes painful awareness that other people, other races, other voices, other habits of mind have as much integrity of being, as much claim on the world as you do... And I urge you, amid all the differences present to the eye and mind, to reach out to create the bond that...will protect us all. We are all meant to be here together.”

“The legal toleration of abortion or of euthanasia can in no way claim to be based on respect for the conscience of others, precisely because society has the right and the duty to protect itself against the abuses which can occur in the name of conscience and under the pretext of freedom.”

Way Names Duty Protect Conscience Abuse Claims Abortion Pretext Euthanasia Toleration

Author:Pope John Paul II

“How do commercial interests usually protect themselves from liability claims? Through insurance. In fact, in our society, the litmus test for safety is insurance. You can be insured for almost anything if you pay enough for the premium, but if the insurance industry isn't willing to bet its money on the safety of [biotechnology], it means the risks are simply too high or too uncertain for them to take the gamble.”

Source: From Naked Ape to Superspecies: Humanity and the Global Eco-Crisis