The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer
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The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.
Andrew Jackson
One of the guys that passed out hit his head on the floor pretty hard. I would have caught him but I was too busy shielding my eyes. And all of my nose hair fell out. The doctors have no idea why.
John Sebrits
Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children.
Jane Howard
I felt strongly that, one, Judy deserved the support of the paper in this cause - and the editorial page is the right place for such support, not the news pages. And secondly, that this issue of a federal shield law is really important to the nation.
Arthur Sulzberger Jr
Terrorism doesn't just blow up buildings; it blasts every other issue off the political map. The spectre of terrorism - real and exaggerated - has become a shield of impunity, protecting governments around the world from scrutiny for their human rights abuses.
Naomi Klein
We don't recommend that you refuse to pull over. Drivers who have doubts should insist on seeing the officer's shield and ID card to be sure. Every police officer carries them and will produce them if asked.
Martin Gleeson
I -- like every other New York City detective -- was hoping that the allegations were not true. In light of the conviction, I am happy that the government did catch up with them... But this definitely is one of the most tarnished days in the history of the famous New York City detectives' gold shield.
Michael Palladino
It defies belief that a critical and hard-won body of evidence could be so quickly handed back, making it inaccessible to prosecutors and helping shield the criminals from justice.
Peter Eigen
Warriors believed that a particular animal would represent the power in their heart. They would put that animal on their shield, and the power of the spirit would protect them.
Dale Carson
We believe that shield laws should apply to anyone gathering information and reporting to the public regardless of the medium, ... If you are gathering that information for your blog, you should qualify and you should be protected.
Annalee Newitz
We have a real concern about the mountain pine beetle spreading across the Rockies, into Alberta and into the Northern Shield.
Rich Coleman
A woman came out of a house and was asked to go back into her own house and announce, to ask the people to come out. That is the only instance of what we know of as a human shield.
Miri Eisen
We think this is a wonderful opportunity for the health of persons in North Carolina. We believe this new partnership between the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation and the North Carolina Medical Society Foundation will make a real difference in the lives of North Carolinians.
Bob Greczyn
The government's attempts to shield evidence of its own misconduct from public scrutiny ultimately proved to be futile.
Amrit Singh
The issue will not be solved in a week. They will not find an agreement at the G8. But this does not mean the shield will not be done. On the contrary.
Antonio Martino
I did just enough. I'm not a lineman, I just tried to shield him and let Kevin do what he wanted to do.
Jamie Martin
Became the first to propose ... the possible existence of deep ocean life under the global ice shield perpetually surrounding the enigmatic moon of Jupiter, Europa.
Richard Hoagland
Her spirits seemed remarkably good, given the circumstances. I think what is keeping her going is that she believes she is serving a purpose, and that is the need for a federal shield law.
Jill Abramson
Even though you get five to six inches of rain each year and we're in a desert environment, some amount of moisture will penetrate the mountain and over the millennia we might want to make sure we'll use a drip shield.
Allen Benson
Pray often; for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.
John Bunyan
Every kilogram of material that you put on a heat shield that's in excess of what you need for a reasonable margin … that's a kilogram of payload that you can't put down on the planet. By reducing the uncertainty of how these things perform, it greatly improves our performance of the whole mission.
Jim Crocker
The notion is we're refusing to see Blue Cross Blue Shield patients, ... That couldn't be further from the truth.
Robert Russell
[Such shield laws] could have serious implications if passed without exceptions for those occasions when our national security is at risk, ... The time has come for a comprehensive law that will make it easier for the government to prosecute wrongdoers and increase the penalties which hopefully will act as a deterrent for people thinking about disclosing information.
Peter Hoekstra
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.
Frank Herbert
The players have got something really big to play for, too, on top of winning the shield. But there are going to be guys who are automatic selections because of who they are.
Jon Deeble
I'm already enrolled in a plan. Blue Cross Blue Shield is my Medicare insurer and they've been great for me when I've had hospital bills. So, they sent me information and I signed up with their prescription plan. I get terrific coverage and a good discount. It costs me about $20 a month for my prescriptions.
Anthony Caruso
He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity.
The Talmud
The case raises important issues that affect the public's right to know and the government's ability to use the attorney-client privilege as a shield to deny access to documents that reflect its operations at the highest levels.
Alan Johnson
I'm very concerned that it's warped the larger issue. People haven't heard all the fine points of Judith Miller's case. They've only heard that she's testified. And that's difficult in terms of helping people understand what a shield law does and what it doesn't do.
Suzanne Gordon
[The virtual orchestras were to be a temporary measure and] a shield, ... because all of Broadway is under attack by 325 people.
Jed Bernstein
The First Amendment is not a shield for illegal conduct by journalists, or journalists' sources.
George Riley
They got out and covered us better on the perimeter. They did a better job of shielding our shooters and getting out and getting a hand up. There were a couple of fouls that were missed on 3-pointers right in front of us, but that didn't beat us.
Dickey Nutt
We would be perfectly happy to leave things as they are if you can't get the right bill. The core of a shield law is about protecting the public's right to know. The best way to do that is to protect the press's neutrality and make sure they're not being dragged into legal affairs.
Marcus Donner
America is committed to seeing civil liberties protected as a shield for freedom-loving people, not as a sword for freedom-loathing people.
John Ashcroft
We recommend that users shield themselves before addressing vulnerabilities, but in this case they can't apply a shield and are exposed to possible attack until the patch is applied.
Rich Mogull
It is a protected world. To some extent at least you have to shield children from what you know and drip-feed information to them. Sometimes that is kindly meant, and sometimes not.
Kazuo Ishiguro
Humor has always been important to me. If there is a shield of faith that you can keep up against difficulties, humor is the Teflon coating.
Laurel Lee
It was very clear to me that DSHEA was created in order to give the supplement manufacturers a huge shield so they could distribute steroids and all kinds of things, which I thought was wrong.
Don Catlin
In order to grant such a shield, you have to determine who is a journalist, and there is no satisfactory answer to that question.
Al Tompkins
It was pretty smooth. They were really helpful. I thought it was going to be a combative thing. I was ready to put on my shield. It wasn't like that at all.
Charles Harris
The Supreme Court is a space shield protecting Roe from the conservative federal officials that would overturn it in a second, ... If the new justice opposes abortion, the gamma rays could melt, and the shield would no longer be protective.
Sarah Weddington
While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down, While I'm so afraid to fail so I won't even try, Well, how can I say I'm alive?
Andrew Didonato
The water boards can elect to protect our waterways or to continue shielding farmers from the law. They can't do both.
Bill Jennings
For two decades, policy-makers have mistakenly assumed that these statutes shield children from drug activity.
Judith Greene
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.
Elisabeth Kubler Ross
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