Innocence is no protection. [ Proverb ]

There is no protection against slander. [ Moliere ]

Some to the holly hedge
Nestling repair; and to the thicket some;
Some to the rude protection of the thorn. [ Thomson ]

The multitude of offenders is their protection. [ Proverb ]

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise. [ St. Augustine ]

Innocence finds not near so much protection as guilt. [ Rochefoucauld ]

No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence. [ Juvenal ]

There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection. [ Burke ]

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection, - they have many friends and few enemies. [ Wendell Phillips ]

An honorable name or a good reputation is an excellent protection against wrong-doing: we fear to compromise it more through vanity than virtue.

When we think of the tenderness, of the solicitude, of the protection, of the grace, of the charm, of the happiness, or at least of the consolation that woman brings to the life of man, one is tempted to speak to her only with uncovered head, and bowed knee. [ L. Desnoyers ]