Defence Quotes

240 Defence quotes by 204 unique authors

Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap… — Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as carbon capture and… — Nicholas Stern
It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and...… — Eamon de Valera
Yes, we were amazed when that happened. It was a real joke to us. Konrad Lueg and I did a Happening, and we used the… — Gerhard Richter
If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue… — John Major
Now that mobile phones and the internet have altered the epistemic selective landscape in a revolutionary way, every religious organisation must scramble to evolve defences… — Daniel Dennett
Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defence. — Thomas Paine
There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties with guys like Michael Chang and Andre Agassi… — Guy Forget
I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things… — Mike Jackson
I procrastinate in spades. In my defence, I also try to have all other distractions solved before I can concentrate on writing. My small theory… — Markus Zusak
There is one key area in which Zuma has made no attempt at reconciliation whatsoever: criminal justice and security. The ministers of justice, defence, intelligence… — Mark Gevisser
One of the marked characteristics of the U.K. security industry as compared with defence is the lack of company scale. This can put our firms… — Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
Education is civil defence against media fallout. — Marshall McLuhan
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. — Jean de La Fontaine
Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense. — William Shenstone
What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe? — John Milton
The perversion of the mind is only possible when those who should be heard in its defence are silent. — Archibald MacLeish
Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best defence against a knave. — Plutarch
Tools and techniques ought to be an extension of consciousness, but they can just as easily be a protection from consciousness. Then the tools become… — Rollo May
If the basis of trust between the Prime Minister and her Defence Secretary no longer exists, there is no place for me with honour in… — Michael Heseltine

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