Quotes About Defense

The difficulty with von Falkenhayn's original concept was that since the city had to be defended, the French had made it defensible. Once the Germans had lost the advantage of surprise and failed to take Verdun in the first few days, the French were fully alert to the threat and responded to it with increasing force, more weaponry, and not a little skill.

Todos necesitamos negar lo que nos resulta demasiado doloroso o amenazador para aceptarlo. La negación es un medio natural de autoprotección, que obra en forma automática y espontánea.

Criticism is the defense reaction that scared people use to protect themselves against change.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

The more you clarify your position and defend it against attack, the more committed you become to it. The

a strong argument could be made that the police are the first line of defense for African Americans.

We should distinguish national loyalty from nationalism. National loyalty involves a love of home and a preparedness to defend it; nationalism is a belligerent ideology, which uses national symbols in order to conscript the people to war.

The wars of the twentieth century brought home the fundamental truth that people will fight for their country and unite in its defence, but will seldom fight for their class, even when the intellectuals are egging them on. At

Enemies can be confronted only if they are first brought to earth. And that means bringing them to earth somewhere, as the Americans brought al-Qa'eda to earth in Afghanistan. Globalization may have made it harder to defend ourselves against terrorist assaults, but we are nevertheless defending territory, the place where we are, and hunting down our enemies in the place where they are.

You leap too quickly to his defense. It reveals his true attitude, of which he has doubtless made you aware.

Rockefeller developed an inverted worldview, accusing his critics of exactly the same sins of which they accused him.

The lawmakers were drawn to the courtroom by more than curiosity: they had under consideration a bill that would allow truth as a defense in libel trials.

War isn't about dying for your country. It's about making the enemy die for his." Gen. George S. Patton

Try to look unimportant. They may be low on ammo.

A good coat is like a good lawyer. it covers your ass.

They had come for us in the night. Hey had come expecting a lot of blood. They had come with all their gear. Their rubber overshoes and their nylon bodysuits. Their knives, their hammer, their bag of nails. They had come to do a job on us, like they'd done on Morrison and his wife.

Don't aim for the middle of the body, which is easier to defend; aim high for the head or low for the knees.

I have a knife. And I have a rule. Pull a knife on me, I break your arm.

The best defense against knives was distance. The best countermove was entanglement.

then to turn and kick the back seat guy, in the head, and the front seat guy, the same, to keep them out of action on the ground, and

si vis pacem para bellum.

this before. I don't see how his welfare suddenly becomes my responsibility, just because he chose to attack my welfare first. I'm not clear how that works exactly. They started it. They can't expect me to provide a health plan.

You threatening me now?" "More like the weather report. A public service. Like a tornado warning. Prepare to take cover.

He also said, if you can't acquaint an opponent with tease, you must acquaint his head with the sidewalk. He was a man of sound instincts.