It is a significant gamble to assume that troops in our U.K. Armed Forces would volunteer for a Scottish Defence Force. — Philip Hammond Copy Share Image
Jail-going is only the beginning, not the end of satyagraha. The acme of satyagraha for us would be to lay down our… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When Alekhine recognizes the weakness in his position he has a tendency to become very aggressive. Patient defence is not for him… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
As fiscal constraints impinge on defence and diplomacy, governments find themselves increasingly homebound, even if diplomats happily travel to summits. — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
From a political perspective, it is important to uphold certain universal principles so that, for example, you can condemn both Islamist forms… — Alison Assiter Copy Share Image
An enormous amount of modern ingenuity is expended on finding defences for the indefensible conduct of the powerful. As I have said… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Katniss: I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off. Peeta: Yes, frosting. The final defence of the dying. (252) — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back… — John Major Copy Share Image
“Why spend your life working on defense when no defense can be made truly impenetrable? Take the offensive – learn the vulnerabilities… — A.J. Darkholme Copy Share Image
When I was young I was a striker, scoring lots of goals, then I moved to midfield, then defence. I like to… — Reece James Copy Share Image
So my own suspicion is that the attorney has stopped this prosecution because part of her defence was to question legality and… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
This government does not believe that public safety is enhanced by carrying weapons. In fact, it has been a long-standing Canadian government… — Anne McLellan Copy Share Image
Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs ... Ours are not Western values. They are the universal values of… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Untruth being unacceptable to the mind of man, there is no other defence left for absurdity but obscurity. — John Locke Copy Share Image
I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us… — Abraham Clark Copy Share Image
If the Europeans truly wish to improve their NATO contribution they can show it simply enough. They can establish professional armed forces,… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Have not Manet and Monet, Cézanne and Matisse, rendered to painting something of the same service which Keats and Shelley gave to… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Whether it is under the guise of survival and self-defence or directly expressed through dominion and greed, the failure to recognize the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“If a negative viewer looks at you with an ugly fiendish eye, find a way and pluck off his eyes, or better… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Its subject is the slow and erratic process by which the peoples of the British Isles learnt - and then for long… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of… — Gerry Adams Copy Share Image
If all the thought which had been expended on the construction of engines of agony and death - the modes of aggression… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
