Quotes About Defense

Never underestimate the fury of an angry mother, Caspar. They're the most vicious creatures in the world.

Best stick to sword fighting, then I'd rather, really. But [Ian] says -- I know what [Ian] says. Everyone should learn every conceivable weapon and unarmed combat, in case you lose your axe, sword, dagger, pike, spear, mace, bow, crossbow...

The characteristic of the influenza virus that makes it so dangerous and gives rise to epidemic after epidemic is its extreme mutability. It perpetually is changing the nature of its outer surface, which antibodies, the body's most important defense system, must zero in on to be effective.

Defend your faith (in God) with the help of charity. Protect your wealth with the aid of Zakat. Let the prayers guard you from calamities and disasters.

Yes, but everywhere needs some defence against people just coming in and overrunning the place with their terrorisms or their deficiencies, eh, sweetheart, Richard says. That's right, Terence says. Got to keep all those bad refugees out. The ones looking for a better life. Couldn

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

War contributes greatly to global warming, which shouldn't surprise us. All those bombs going off, all those rockets, all those planes and helicopters. All that fuel of various kinds being used. It pollutes the air and water of this very fragile and interconnected planet.

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This was, after all, an army whose cause was inextricably bound up with the defense of black enslavement.

Your blessing can serve as a shield and a protection for you against the powers of Satan.

The weakest point is between the legs for a goalkeeper.

Port Security is one of our weakest security links, and it must be one of our highest priorities.

Weakness invites aggression.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

Projecting weakness will not make us safer or discourage attacks against us. We need to show leadership and strength by demonstrating that we will not tolerate violent acts against our people, and we will not leave our citizens or our interests vulnerable to an attack.

Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.

You don't want to let on how hurt you are because some people will see that as a sign of weakness, they might use it against you.

Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength - not his weaknesses - to place him immediately on the defensive.

We need to defend against weaknesses within and enemies without, using the tools of civil society and hard power. We don't have to pick one over the other.

No state, furthermore, unless it has aggressive military designs such as those which consumed Nazi leaders in the thirties, is likely to divert to defense any more of its resources and wealth and energy than seems necessary.

Part of the reason there's an injunction to the truth, for example, is that if you're in a circumstance of extreme uncertainty, your best weapon, let's say, or your best tool or your best defense is the truth, because it keeps things simpler.

The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.

We have a safe and good command-and-control system. Nobody can take away any nuclear weapon from Pakistan.

A laugh is a terrible weapon.