“I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.”
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
“It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.”
“Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive activities of corporations. At last most of us must understand that the opposite is true: that the primary purpose of government is to protect those who run the economy from the outrage of injured citizens.”
“The truth is that civilization does not protect us from wild animals. It attempts, however imperfectly, to protect us from ourselves.”
“We're fine together, just like this: Our silence protects us from ourselves”