#guard

In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits of their little communal gardens stolen by the guards, after they had done all the work; but at the last camp everything was stolen. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#after #ate #authorities #camp #communal

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. ↗

— John Locke

#guard #other #support #virtues

I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist. ↗

— Ida Lupino

#any #feminist #guard #i #myself

Social democracy... is only the advance guard of the proletariat, a small piece of the total working masses; blood from their blood, and flesh from their flesh. ↗

— Rosa Luxemburg

#blood #democracy #flesh #guard #masses

In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people. ↗

— James Madison

#churches #guardians #instance #liberties #people

For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#among #being #caused #contemptible #disarmed

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need. ↗

— Edwin Markham

#doer #good #good action #guarded #laid

I'll talk to any stranger about everything. I'm not guarded. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#any #everything #guarded #i #stranger

Great interests demand great safeguards. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#great #interests #safeguards

Because I'm so busy and because I think of myself as a painter, I desperately guard the time that I have to paint. And sometimes I'm irresponsible to my career in order to paint. Because painting is obsessive. I forget to eat. I forget to sleep. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#busy #career #desperately #eat #forget