Defended Quotes

180 Defended quotes by 162 unique authors

In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the… — Terry Eagleton
My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is,… — Stockwell Day
Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory. — Vicente Fox
Wars are no longer waged in the name of a sovereign who must be defended; they are waged on behalf of the existence of everyone;… — Michel Foucault
Apologetic explanations do not develop unless there is a reality that has to be explained and defended. Jesus was undeniably a figure of history. — John Shelby Spong
Our forests are not for toilet paper. They are worth more standing than cut. That deserves to be defended, not only by native peoples but… — Winona LaDuke
I have preserved my identity, put its credibility to the test and defended my dignity. What good this will bring the world I don't know.… — Vaclav Havel
The barbarian chieftain, who defended his country against the Roman invasion, driven to the remotest extremity of Britain, and stimulating his followers to battle, by… — John Quincy Adams
I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down. — Faith Hill
I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of French troops from… — Francois Hollande
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. — Naguib Mahfouz
I flew a full string of 35 combat missions over some of the most heavily defended targets in Europe. We were hitting Hitler's oil refineries,… — George McGovern
They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood. — Gamal Abdel Nasser
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared. — Henri Nouwen
From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when called,… — Solomon Ortiz
Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more. — George S. Patton
Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Congressional Republicans themselves have vehemently defended the idea that preexisting conditions should not be used to deny people insurance. — James Surowiecki
Everybody has a right to be defended, and every lawyer has a duty to defend people accused. And my office is to defend him, to… — Jacques Verges
No matter how convinced we are that someone is nasty, evil or just plain criminal, if they have not been convicted of any crime and… — Julian Baggini
The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate. — Edward de Bono
These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should direct their anger… — Yann Martel
All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should. — Samuel Adams
Just because he has black fingernails doesn't mean he's a monster-that's how you've defended yourself for years. — Ellen Schreiber
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. — Mahatma Gandhi

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