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title: "10 Defend Home Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [A man must defend his home, his wife, his children, and his martini.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-gleason/a-man-must-defend-his-home-his-wife-his-children-and-his-martini/)

[Jackie Gleason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-gleason/)

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> [Let us defend the home as a place which is second only to the temple in holiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-l-oscarson/let-us-defend-the-home-as-a-place-which-is-second-only-to-the-temple/)

[Bonnie L. Oscarson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-l-oscarson/)

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> [A Father's dream is to train up a soldier who will defend his home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-mark/a-father-s-dream-is-to-train-up-a-soldier-who-will-defend-his-home/)

[Terry Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-mark/)

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> [... the right to defend one's home and one's person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/the-right-to-defend-one-s-home-and-one-s-person-when-attacked-has/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

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> [A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/a-man-s-duty-to-be-ready-with-rifle-or-rood-to-defend-his-home-when/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

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> [“Wow. Pioneers with ice-cream." Joshua felt motivated to defend his home. "Well, it doesn't have to be like the Donner Party, Sally-”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-baxter/wow-pioneers-with-ice-cream-joshua-felt-motivated-to-defend-his-home/)

[Stephen Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-baxter/)

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> [If you are foolish enough to defend your own home against burglary, expect to be arrested, fingerprinted, DNA-swabbed, and probably charged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hitchens/if-you-are-foolish-enough-to-defend-your-own-home-against-burglary/)

[Peter Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hitchens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc8/peter-hitchens-4419_burglary_if-you-are-foolish-enough-to-defend-your_616865.png)

> [Wear a gun to someone else's house, you're saying, 'I'll defend this home as if it were my own.' When your guests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-neil-smith/wear-a-gun-to-someone-else-s-house-you-re-saying-i-ll-defend-this/)

[L. Neil Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-neil-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/l-neil-smith-3636_defend_wear-a-gun-to-someone-else-s-house-you-r_286404.png)

> [The greatest intensification of the horrors of war is a direct result of the democratisation of the State. So long as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-read/the-greatest-intensification-of-the-horrors-of-war-is-a-direct-result/)

[Herbert Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-read/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ee/herbert-read-7906_army_the-greatest-intensification-of-the-horr_1248757.jpg)

> [What would it be like if I had something to defend - a home, a country, a family - and I found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amitav-ghosh/what-would-it-be-like-if-i-had-something-to-defend-a-home-a-country-a/)

[Amitav Ghosh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amitav-ghosh/)

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