Defend Quotes
1167 Defend quotes by 868 unique authors
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Where is Arland?" "Rapunzel decided to walk around in the woods to get 'the feel of the battleground.' He won't leave the grounds and he…
— Ilona Andrews
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I told you before, Jem, that you would not leave me. And you are still with me. When I breathe, I will think of you,…
— Cassandra Clare
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Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves.
— Unknown Author
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Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.
— Ruth McKenney
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Any fool can try to defend his mistakes - and most fools do - but it gives one a feeling of nobility to admit one's…
— Lawrence G. Lovasik
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At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.
— E. P. Thompson
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Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?
— Lillian Hellman
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We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but…
— Wendell Berry
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The spirit of a production-centered, commodity-greedy society is such that only the non-conformist can defend himself sufficiently against it. Those who are seriously concerned with…
— Erich Fromm
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AI will make love my greatest weapon and none on whom I call can defend against its force.
— Og Mandino
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We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of something we know,…
— Madeleine L'Engle
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We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I am an advocate for awareness, the truth, and a person's right to know. I believe that in the absence of the truth, all of…
— Erin Brockovich
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My definition of patriotism is to defend your country with the truth, no matter the consequences.
— John F. Kerry
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The meek man will attain a place of soul rest. As he walks on in meekness he will be happy to let God defend him.…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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There is no vice, of which a man can be guilty, no meanness, no shabbiness, no unkindness, which excited so much indignation among his contemporaries,…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he…
— Vincent de Paul
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War is often about making the least-worst decision. The same could be said about politics. But the stakes are higher in war, when the commander-in-chief…
— Mark McKinnon
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I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But... Iceland may find itself forced to defend controversial speech.
— Ethan Zuckerman
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My men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never!
— Stonewall Jackson
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I never defend my material. Comedy is subjective.
— Sarah Silverman
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
— Umberto Eco
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My parents taught me the way to deal with being picked on was to be compassionate. I had to defend myself physically, but I had…
— Saul Rubinek
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The liberal psyche wants to protect minorities, to apologize for imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and the appalling treatment of black people during the civil rights movement.…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking.
— Isabel Allende
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