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Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing it does not do so at the expense of any other state.

State and local law enforcement are the primary protectors of the health, safety, and welfare of the people in the individual states.

Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made.

The first responsibility of the state is to guarantee the safety of the people.

My highest priority is the safety of all Oregonians and their communities.

Preserving and protecting the state tobacco settlement funds is the nation's Governors highest priority.

Natural resources are so vast that no single individual or business is going to protect them; they don't have an incentive to.

As governor, it is my highest priority to protect Arizona citizens.

Our founders insisted that protecting the states' power to govern themselves was vital to limit the power of Washington and preserve freedom.

We as governors, whether we're Republican or Democrat, we really believe that we know what's best for our people. And in Arizona, and particularly we're very interested about natural resources.