Defend Quotes

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Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves ... politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves... The country is theirs, because they inhabit… — David Ben-Gurion
Our position was: If you don't attack us, there won't be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves. — Bobby Seale
Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to… — Joseph de Maistre
Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed. — Bernard Berenson
The National Government will regard it as its first and foremost duty to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and cooperation. It will… — Adolf Hitler
What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to… — Albert Einstein
A modern gentleman [rich person] is necessarily the enemy of his country. Even in war he does not fight to defend it, but to prevent… — George Bernard Shaw
From the days of the Founding Fathers, right to this (2008) election, how and where America fights to defend its freedom, has been the ultimate… — Simon Schama
When I throw the perfect ball, it's impossible to defend. — Unknown Author
There is a very broad theory that society gets the right to hang, as the individual gets the right to defend himself. Suppose she does;… — Wendell Phillips
We oppose the death penalty not just for what it does to those guilty of heinous crimes, but for what it does to all of… — Unknown Author
There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind.… — Bianca Jagger
Global warming has taken the place of Communism as an absurdity that 'liberals' will defend to the death regardless of the evidence showing its folly. — John Ray
To live in accordance with how one thinks. Be yourself and don't try to impose your criteria on the rest. I don't expect others to… — Jose Mujica
When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord himself to defend his country… — Emma Goldman
People defend nothing more violently than the pretenses they live by. — Allen Drury
I have faith that if we caught hold of God's living candle on that truth and went out into the world-I don't care [what vocation]… — Truman G. Madsen
Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice… — Pope Francis
While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy few.… — Pope Francis
... the right to defend one's home and one's person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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