#protect

We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But there is an economic justification too - we all pay when the basic needs of our citizens are unmet. ↗

— John Lynch

#basic needs #children #citizens #disabilities #economic

I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law. ↗

— Paul Martin

#bill #canada #civil #equals #i

I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law. ↗

— Paul Martin

#equals #i #land #law #liberties

If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it. ↗

— Paul Martin

#deny #forward #protect #right #step

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion. ↗

— Phyllis McGinley

#argument #armed #blithe #calls #come

Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection. ↗

— James McGreevey

#civil #equal #equal protection #institution #less

I kept a steel wall around my moral and sexual instincts - protecting them, I thought, from the threats of the real world. This gave me a tremendous advantage in politics, if not in my soul. The true me, my spiritual core, slipped further and further from reach. ↗

— James McGreevey

#around #core #further #gave #i

I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#else #everyone #friendly #good #guys

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#congress #due #expire #extend #federal

We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#begin #darfur #diplomatic #ensure #for the people