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Quotes About Defense

What? No defense? Any student of mine must be able to defend his ideas against an attack. No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!
~ Patrick Rothfuss
To penetrate one's being one must go armed to the teeth.
~ Paul Valery
If we're serious about America's leadership in the world, then we need to make sure that we have the back of the armed forces.
~ Jeb Bush
We have switched from defense to offense and in this battle all the members of the Hamas leadership are legitimate targets.
~ Tzachi Hanegbi
Imagine a legal system in which lawyers were equated with the clients they defended and were condemned for representing controversial or despised clients.
~ Alan Dershowitz
Those who hate lawyers, have either hired the wrong one and lost, represented themselves and lost, or had such a bad case that no lawyer could win it.
~ Robert Black
I am determined to defend my rights and maintain my freedom or sell my life in the attempt.
~ Nathanael Greene
Fascism means first of all defending your nation against the dangers that threaten it. It means the destruction of these dangers and the opening of a free way to life and glory for your nation.
~ Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
The several States agree 'not to keep troops or ships of war in time of peace.' 194 They further stipulate that, 'a well-regulated militia being necessary for the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
~ Jefferson Davis
The forbearance of the Confederate Government, under the circumstances, is perhaps unexampled in history. It was carried to the extreme verge, short of a disregard of the safety of the people who had intrusted to that government the duty of their defense against their enemies. The attempt to represent us as the aggressors in the conflict which ensued is as unfounded as the complaint made by the wolf against the lamb in the familiar fable.
~ Jefferson Davis
Limited wars were not to be considered lesser-included cases. The ability to deter, fight, and win in the least likely contingencies — total wars —did not necessarily ensure the ability to deter, fight, and win in the most likely contingencies — limited wars.
~ Jeffrey A. Larsen
Cowardice can be defended bravely without self-­refutation, because the opposite of cowardice is not courage but bravado.
~ Jeffrey M. Perl
The brief devoted little attention to defending Trump's actual conduct. Nor, really, did Trump's lawyers deny what he was alleged to have done.
~ Jeffrey Toobin
It was notable, in light of subsequent defenses of Trump's behavior on the call, that he made only two demands of Ukraine: to investigate CrowdStrike and the Bidens. Trump said nothing about the need for Zelensky to fight corruption in Ukraine or to defend his country against Russia. All Trump cared about was extorting this vulnerable nation for his personal electoral advantage.
~ Jeffrey Toobin
It isn't our responsibility to defend our values and prioritize our message over our posture. We inherited a kingdom that cannot be shaken; we are an unthreatened people. God will stay on His throne without our rigorous defense.
~ Jen Hatmaker
Perhaps I can't save them from themselves," Beth answered. "But I will try to save them from you." Fellows
~ Jennifer Ashley
Sarcasm is the weapon of the wounded
~ Jennifer Donnelly
He had to hide his heart. It was the only way he could survive!
~ Jennifer Donnelly
Sarcasm was a weapon for children.
~ Jennifer Echols
The keep is the place where everyone holed up if the castle got invaded.
~ Jennifer Egan
We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.
~ Jennifer Granholm
path of descent becomes our own liberation. We are freed from the exhausting stance of defense. We are no longer compelled to be right and are thus relieved from the burden of maintaining some reputation. We are released from the idols of greed, control, and status. The pressure to protect the house of cards is alleviated when we take the lowest place.
~ Jennifer Hatmaker
Little Sisters' Survival Guide, rule number thirty-seven," Skylar said. "Scream before they hit you.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Most people built walls to protect themselves. Dean did it to protect everyone else.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes