He always seemed to need protecting from someone or something.

I'm not the one he needs protecting from, but have it your way.

It needs protecting, and most people in the country would agree with that.

I must have been crazy to think you needed protecting.

Nobody has been here longer than we; how come our ways need protecting?

In fact, that's the only kind of speech that needs protecting.

"Unions are for people who have a career and need protecting."

When civil liberties need protecting, our system is doing a good job of making sure they are.

They say the water system is not below the level needed to satisfy basic human needs or protect the health of its 12,000 customers.

The "average citizen" is not the only group that needs protecting.