Defence Quotes
240 quotes by 219 authors
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The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.
— Michael Badnarik
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When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and…
— Gerry Adams
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The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time…
— Benazir Bhutto
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful…
— Daniel Boone
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I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels…
— Russell Brand
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We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than…
— David Cameron
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Sadness is also a kind of defence.
— Ivo Andric
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I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready…
— Maya Angelou
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All that remains to the mother in modern consumer society is the role of scapegoat; psychoanalysis uses huge amounts of money and time to persuade…
— Germaine Greer
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When you authorised Congress to borrow money, and to contract debts, for carrying on the late war, you could not intend to abridge them of…
— David Ramsey
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A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater…
— John Foxe
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I felt very bad and could not sleep until 1am. Maybe he could coach me defence.
— Tamim Iqbal
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I wonder whether those of our political masters who have been put in charge of the defence of the country can distinguish a mortar from…
— Sam Manekshaw
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Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm.
— George Bernard Shaw
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All knives and forks were working away at a rate that was quite alarming; very few words were spoken; and everybody seemed to eat his…
— Charles Dickens
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I had the evidence that a crash did happen here....Give this information to the young people of the world and this country....They want it. Give…
— Philip J. Corso
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If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships
— Zeljko Obradovic
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This government does not believe that public safety is enhanced by carrying weapons. In fact, it has been a long-standing Canadian government practice to discourage…
— Anne McLellan
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You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in harm's way and you lay…
— Mary Doria Russell
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So great are the psychological restistances to war in modern nations, that every war must appear to be a war of defence against a menacing,…
— Harold Lasswell
Who Wrote These Defence Quotes
219 authors contributed a total of 240 Defence Quotes, led by these top contributors: