Quotes About Defense

Information was the best weapon she could have.

people who had lawyers just to prove how absolutely not guilty they were. (Of anything.)

Innocence is no earthly weapon.

In your defence, it's been a long day and you've had a lot to drink.

Government breeds more government, and a lobbying infrastructure to defend itself.

Lacking an articulable defense of the cultural values under siege, he became a vessel of smoldering animosities.

Soothing assumptions about the good faith and shared interests of antagonists are natural to democracy, as is the desire to spend money on things other than defense. Getting a democracy to do what does not come naturally requires leadership.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

In some sense, the military is the most modern part of a developing country.

Did you set a blood ward around us, so you could scream at me uninterrupted?" "YES!

Curran got rid of Ascanio and saddled me with not one, but two bodyguards. God help anyone who dared to look at me funny. They would rip him to pieces, just to outdo each other.

Surprise slapped her face. She turned it into cold arrogance. "Worried about my survival?" "Don't want to miss an opportunity to use you as a body shield.

I'm coming with you. Mother, lock the doors and set the alarm. We'll take the van and the Barrett." "Would the Barrett be enough?" Grandma Frida asked. "Isn't he supposed to bounce bullets off of his chest?" "It fires .50 cal at twice the speed of sound. It will hit him before he ever hears the shot." My mother crossed her arms. "I'd like to see him bounce that off his chest.

problem with honesty was that it gave your opponent ammunition to use against you.

I'm used to watching for people with swords, I told him. I never saw the knife. You were too close.

Human women, like vampire women, come in all varieties. For example, I don't like violence, but I will kill to protect my family and my guests.

He'd thrown his arm in front of her to shield her from the crash. What a dirty move. That bastard.

The instincts of a former age were still at work in Gabriel Corte: when someone hurt him, rather than defend himself, his first reaction was to complain.

We defend ourselves with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.

Plato was suspicious of writing which seems to remove knowledge from the present moment of the individual and lodge it elsewhere, in books, which are inert and cannot defend themselves against fools.

Meaning well is a poor defense

So it is only the combination of strong Emperor and strong general that can harm the Foundation; for a strong Emperor cannot be dethroned easily, and a strong general is forced to turn outwards, past the frontiers.

Trantor becomes more specialized, it becomes more vulnerable, less able to defend itself. Further, as it becomes more and more the administrative centre of Empire, it becomes a greater prize. As the Imperial succession becomes more and more uncertain, and the feuds among the great families more rampant, social responsibility disappears.

It seems perfectly obvious that, since Terminus cannot defend itself, Anacreon must take over the job for its own sake. You understand we have no desire to interfere with internal administration—' 'Uh-huh,' grunted Hardin dryly. '—but we believe that it would be best for all concerned to have Anacreon establish a military base upon the planet.