Defense Quotes

1240 Defense quotes by 905 unique authors

There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. — Smedley Butler
War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. — Smedley Butler
People use irony as a defense mechanism. — David Byrne
I believe in traditional marriage and I believe in the Defense of Marriage Act. — Herman Cain
My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense. — Fred Allen
The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The… — Charles L. Allen
I got to be White House chief of staff, ten years of congressman, secretary of defense, vice-president. If you're a political junkie like I obviously… — Dick Cheney
We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads, but we need… — Dick Cheney
The only defensible war is a war of defense. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure. — Winston Churchill
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense, the… — William J. Clinton
The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law. — Vaclav Havel
Never make a defense or apology before you are accused. — Charles I of England
Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is the place of confidence. It is the… — Frederick William Robertson
I get a kick out of watching a team defense me. A player moves two steps in one direction and I hit it two steps… — Rod Carew
I'm noticing an exciting trend around the country: a resurgence of interest in Christian apologetics (the defense of the faith). This is a reaction to… — Lee Strobel
But however secure and well-regulated civilized life may become, bacteria, Protozoa, viruses, infected fleas, lice, ticks, mosquitoes, and bedbugs will always lurk in the shadows… — Hans Zinsser
We are living in a world in which all wars are wars of defense. — George Wald
A politician normally prospers under democracy in proportion ... as he excels in the invention of imaginary perils and imaginary defenses against them. — H. L. Mencken
What, then is law [government]? It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense. — Frederic Bastiat
The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which owe their origin… — Alexander Hamilton
Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external… — William Godwin
Putting together a counter- terrorism policy, it's very easy to look at law enforcement or defense, military action or stopping the money flows or whatever,… — Lee H. Hamilton

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