Defence Quotes

240 Defence quotes by 204 unique authors

Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me. — Brooke Shields
Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. — Susan Sontag
Those who deny the right of a jury to protect an individual in resisting an unjust law of the government, deny him all defence whatsoever… — Lysander Spooner
We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences… — David Suzuki
We have not sought this conflict; we have sought too long to avoid it; our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear,… — Robert Toombs
But which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care. — Benjamin Tucker
Defence is our best attack. — Jay Weatherill
We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life. — Jay Weatherill
The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can build, we must… — Simon Wiesenthal
The modern believer is not suspicious enough, which is perhaps why, when they try to construct arguments in their defence, the convictions are left doing… — Julian Baggini
Going to religious places gives me clarity. When I am sitting there, I am in a state of gratitude with my defence mechanism down and… — Arjun Rampal
Perceive ye not that we are worms, designed To form the angelic butterfly, that goes To judgment, leaving all defence behind? Why doth your mind… — Dante Alighieri
In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at… — Alexandre Dumas
Muster your wits; stand in your own defence... — William Shakespeare
The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to… — James Madison
Here lies a Proof that Wit can never be Defence enough against Mortality — Aphra Behn
Above all, do not attempt to use science (I mean, the real sciences) as a defence against Christianity. They will positively encourage him to think… — C.S. Lewis
Without the hope of posterity, for our race if not for ourselves, without the assurance that we being dead yet live, all pleasures of the… — P.D. James
It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent… — N.K. Jemisin
The Marquis believed himself to be hardened against flattery. He thought that he had experienced every variety, but he discovered that he was mistaken: the… — Georgette Heyer

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