Defense Quotes
1240 Defense quotes by 905 unique authors
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You know all the money we spend on nuclear weapons and defense every year? Trillions of dollars? Correct? Trillions. Instead, if we spent that money…
— Bill Hicks
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So for us, the condition and preparation on and by which we are sheltered by that great hand, is the faith that asks, and the…
— Alexander MacLaren
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But even in your world it’s a byword. Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds… get a Mother.
— Diane Duane
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Facts are almost irrelevant to most people. We make decisions based on emotion and then justify them later with whatever facts we can scrounge up…
— Paul Rusesabagina
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Our time here on the earth is short, and our chance to make a difference is tiny. For me the grinding blocks of history came…
— Paul Rusesabagina
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One would think that by the second decade of the twenty-first century, the intellectual poverty of technocracy and the primacy of politics over it would…
— Evgeny Morozov
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There are basically two approaches to solving the problem of terrorism. One is that you understand the mind of the terrorist in order to establish…
— Jude Wanniski
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They said you had to take what the defense gave you. No, we are going to take what we want.
— Al Davis
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We must reverse this psychology (of needing guns for home defense). WE can do it by passing a law that says anyone found in possession…
— Carl T. Rowan
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Due to the oath I swore to the constitution when I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, by virtue of the universal human right…
— Adam Kokesh
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There are countless books written on self-defense. Not all are non- sensical, but many are. Nathaniel Cooke has clearly thought a great deal about the…
— Robert Twigger
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A relationship that has any depth and power at all will inevitably penetrate our usual shield of defenses, exposing our most tender and sensitive spots,…
— John Welwood
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take…
— Barbara Sher
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This situation, where men rally to the defense of a doctrine they are unable to define scientifically, much less demonstrate with scientific rigor, attempting to…
— W. R. Thompson
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When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions, the desire for…
— Betsy Lerner
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We have to be vigilant on two fronts: (1) to not let our anti-imperialism lead to the defense of authoritarian regimes in the region and…
— Vijay Prashad
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We need to learn how to give a defense for our belief in Christ without getting defensive.
— Beth Moore
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A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Abortion is an act of self-defense.
— Alice Walker
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A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.
— Irvin S. Cobb
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The wisdom and spirit of Churchill not only saved Britain from the Third Reich but saved Western civilization from a Nazi Dark Ages when no…
— Victor Davis Hanson
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Religion is a defense against the experience of God.
— Carl Jung
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America pays defense contractors to build aircraft carriers. Google pays brilliant programmers to do whatever the hell they want.
— Robin Sloan
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Who can protect themselves from betrayal? The day your brother wakes up and plans to do you dirty, there's no defense against that.
— Ice T
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Each day is an opportunity to build the defenses of peace in the minds of people.
— Widad Akrawi
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