Defending Quotes

305 Defending quotes by 265 unique authors

I declare that this government is no longer a constitutional and moral form of government. I will deal with it, and I will obey its… — Unknown Author
What I noticed at Grace-Calvary is the same thing I notice whenever people aim to solve their conflicts with one another by turning to the… — Barbara Brown Taylor
The man who cannot listen to an argument which opposes his views either has a weak position or is a weak defender of it. No… — James E. Talmage
On issue after issue, the polls - and these are not snapshot polls; these are polls over a consistent period of time - show that… — Katrina vanden Heuvel
My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against tyrants. — Patrick Henry
They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My… — John Hume
Security is still the most important issue facing Washington state residents and millions of Americans - the security of having a job, of access to… — Patty Murray
... it's simply wrong to always order [kids] to stop that fighting. There are times when one child is simply defending his rights and damned… — Erma Bombeck
...once again we face a paradox, for it appears that softening your heart and gently tending its wounds will protect you from evil. Building a… — Deepak Chopra
Americans are willing to go to enormous trouble and expense defending their principles with arms, very little trouble and expense advocating them with words. Temperamentally… — Elwyn Brooks White
Insistence on having a sexual orientation in sex is about defending the status quo, maintaining sex differences and the sexual hierarchy; whereas resistance to sexual… — John Stoltenberg
Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really… — King Hussein I
It wasn't an easy decision to leave out Bobo, because I could have done that with two or three from the back four. But there's… — Gordon Strachan
Paul Martin talks eloquently about defending national sovereignty but the reality hasn't matched the rhetoric. When it comes to the United States, Mr. Martin says… — Stephen Harper
It is my desire, by my presence and with my words, to pay tribute to your tireless work in defending and fostering the inviolability of… — Unknown Author
A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
No man can be truly free whose liberty is dependent upon the thought, feeling and action of others, and who has himself no means in… — Frederick Douglass
Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else. — Glenn Greenwald
To be actively pro-life is to contribute to the renewal of society through the promotion of the common good. It is impossible to further the… — Pope John Paul II
We cannot but recognize that, in practical terms, defending human life has become more difficult today, because a mentality has been created that progressively devalues… — Pope Benedict XVI
Whenever a free man is in chains we are threatened also. Whoever is fighting for liberty is defending America. — William Allen White
In order that the revolution should be something more than a word, in order that the reaction should not lead us back tomorrow to the… — Peter Kropotkin
The basic function of the government everywhere in all times, whatever title it adopts and whatever its origin and organisation may be, is always that… — Errico Malatesta
When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military occupier… — Noam Chomsky
Its time to stop defending a system that is clearly in dire need of reform, stop issuing reports and setting up new roadblocks, and start… — Herb Kohl

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