Shield Quotes

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law. (Montesquieu)
Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. View quote
Edmund Burke
Your spirit is the true shield. View quote
Morihei Ueshiba
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others. View quote
Robert G. Ingersoll
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. View quote
Frank Herbert
The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind. View quote
Brian May
Solemnity is the shield of idiots. View quote
Montesquieu
The idea of sin and retribution is just an attempt to hide behind the shield of superstition. You are trying to find rational causes where there aren't any. View quote
George Alec Effinger
I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement. View quote
Glenn Close
Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House. View quote
Louise Slaughter
My truths are all foreknown, This anguish self-revealed. I'm naked to the bone, With nakedness my shield. (Theodore Roethke)
Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression. View quote
James K. Polk
And (Allah made) the kindness to parents as a protectional (shield) to His wrath and displeasure. View quote
Fatimah
I have a soul that like an ample shield Can take in all, and verge enough for more. View quote
John Dryden
To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes; nor may a man thus disgraced be present at the sacred rites, or enter their council; many, indeed, after escaping from battle, have ended their infamy with the halter. View quote
Tacitus
I know I'm sane I don't give a care for the crown or the shield I will not protect you or happily yield To the one who makes me come undone. View quote
Leslie Feist
Surely, God could have caused birds to fly with their bones made of solid gold, with their veins full of quicksilver, with their flesh heavier than lead, and with their wings exceedingly small. He did not, and that ought to show something. It is only in order to shield your ignorance that you put the Lord at every turn to the refuge of a miracle. View quote
Galileo Galilei
It is through art, and through art only, that we can realize our perfection; through art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence. View quote
Oscar Wilde
People use the Method as a shield; it shields them from being vulnerable. I hear all these young actors who are like, 'I'm Method, I'm gonna go live in the house, you know, I totally get it, I've done it, I've been there', but one thing I know is it kills spontaneity. View quote
Mark Ruffalo
The power of citizenship as a shield against oppression was widely known from the example of Paul's Roman citizenship, which sent the centurion scurrying to his higher-ups with the message: "Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman." View quote
Robert H. Jackson
Once again I feel beneath my heels the ribs of Rocinante. Once more, I'm on the road with my shield on my arm. (Che Guevara)
Odious ideas are not entitled to hide from criticism behind the human shield of their believers' feelings. View quote
Richard Stallman
When Prussia hurried to the field, And snatch'd the spear, but left the shield. View quote
Walter Scott
He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, "Life is so beautiful." ... Yes, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important. View quote
Mario Puzo
Do not fear so, here is one who would be a blade at your back. A shield across your breast. Here is kin, here is strength to lean upon, to share as you share in need. View quote
Andre Norton
📖 Shield Proverbs