They need me to be their sturdy unbending fortress. So…

Their [the U.S.’s] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia’s. This is what in defense is referred to as…

— Vladimir Putin

Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

— Richard Engel

“Let the sandcastle collapse. In its place, I will build a fortress—one that the waves of nature and time could never destroy.”

— Bella Forrest

“For twenty years, Peter had been playing with soldiers; first toys, then boys, then grown men. His games had grown from drills involving a…

— Robert K. Massie

There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I dream of a fortress so strong it can lock out the past.”

— Mako Yoshikawa

“If I succeed in mentally constructing a fortress from which it is impossible to escape, this conceived fortress either will be the same as…

— Alexandre Dumas

“The fortress was entered by tunnels in the rock, and, over the entrance to each tunnel, there was a notice which said: EVERYTHING NOT…

— T.H. White

“The black ash that inundated the island was suitable for a superior quality of concrete, and the resulting caves, bunkers, pillboxes and large rooms…

— Charles River Editors

Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley.

— Benjamin Franklin

“A fortress built long ago, Walls made timeless by historic glory. The small girl in the boat slows, To listen to its story.”

— Rachel Lewis

“God is my fortress.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

My distinguishing feature is the gap between my teeth. I had to wear a brace because my teeth used to stick out like guns…

— Jane Birkin

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong that money cannot take it by storm.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

His Name will never fall. His Name will never be defeated. His Name will never be reduced to rubble. A tower that’s stronger than…

— Liz Curtis Higgs