Quotes About Defense

put up an inner barrier that allowed him to not seem to experience the feelings his partner's putdowns must have been stimulating in him.

Parrying a blow before it strikes, Giving a commission to one who is skillful.

Make no mistake, in this campaign, I will offer the American ideals of economic freedom a clear and unapologetic defense.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

People were always good at justifying their actions if there was a need, or even the appearance of one, and were quick to turn to violence when necessary.

El poderío militar ya no equivale a seguridad nacional

Para trabajar por la defensa nacional, llama a su pueblo a crear Círculos Bolivarianos en cada barrio, en cada organización. Ésta es su versión de los legendarios Comités de Defensa de la Revolución, los CDR, que instauró Fidel al principio de su largo gobierno:

There are things in life which one cannot well defend, although one may have the greatest wish to do so.

There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.

What does "feminist" mean? Feminist is formed with the word "femme," "woman," and means: someone who fights for women. For many of us it means someone who fights for women as a class and for the disappearance of this class. For many others it means someone who fight for woman and her defense – for the myth, then, and its reenforcement.

E' un meccanismo difensivo, sai. Tu sei sicuro che uno che non ti ha mai visto ti considererebbe un pezzo di merda, e quindi cerchi di anticiparlo. Rilassati ragazzino. Quando ti conosceranno meglio capiranno che avevano ragione: sei proprio un pezzo di merda.

The ability to sense an attack is what the ancient masters meant by anticipation. If one's mind is steady and pure, one can instantly perceive an attack and avoid it—that, I realized, is the essence of aiki (the art of harmonization)

There is nothing in the world more harmful than war and more foolish than armament

Even when called out By a single foe, Remain on guard, For you are always surrounded By a host of enemies

Si la mente está tranquila y es pura, uno puede de inmediato percibir un ataque y evitarlo. Eso, me di cuenta, es la esencia del aiki (el arte de la armonización)».

Can there really be a martial art in which one downs his attacker with a smile?

Fill yourself with Ki, invite the attack.

The outlay for defense was 4.6 percent of the GDP in 1950; by 1953 it had risen to 13.8 percent. In 1940 the federal budget devoted 16 percent to defense; in 1959, more than 50 percent. By 1955, the American alliance system circled the globe, and we were pledged to the defense of practically everybody, including a host of despots and autocrats. The

In war, State power is pushed to its ultimate, and, under the slogans of "defense" and "emergency," it can impose a tyranny upon the public such as might be openly resisted in time of peace.

a war between rulers was converted into a war between peoples, with each people coming to the defense of its rulers in the erroneous belief that the rulers were defending them. This device of "nationalism" has only been successful, in Western civilization, in recent centuries; it was not too long ago that the mass of subjects regarded wars as irrelevant battles between various sets of nobles

Libertarianism holds that the only proper role of violence is to defend person and property against violence, that any use of violence that goes beyond such just defense is itself aggressive, unjust, and criminal

There is no line of defense, but a territory of defense and that territory is the whole of the motherland. No inch of the motherland may be abandoned without being soaked in the blood of her sons...

As long as you have armies in the world, war cannot be avoided forever. It can be postponed for a certain time only. Taking a short break.

We are moving from Iron Dome to an Iron fist.