Defence Quote by Benjamin Tucker

In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations…

— H. R. McMaster

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

— Anonymous

Having gathered all power to itself, [the State] has become the sole focus of all conflict, and it must construct totalitarian defences to match…

— Anthony de Jasay

“Security against defeat implies defensive tactics; ability to defeat the enemy means taking the offensive.”

— Ralph D. Sawyer

The object of defense is preservation; and since it is easier to hold ground than to take it, defense is easier than attack. But…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other.

— Bruce Lee

The best form of defense is attack.

— Carl von Clausewitz

The surest way to deter adversary aggression is to fully prepare for war.

— Mark Esper

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.

— Sun Tzu

“Why spend your life working on defense when no defense can be made truly impenetrable? Take the offensive – learn the vulnerabilities of the…

— A.J. Darkholme

Defence for me is so important because I do not want anyone to trespass and invade my property because that goal is my property.

— Leonardo Bonucci