Defense Quotes

1240 Defense quotes by 905 unique authors

Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this, hath no man. — Marcus Aurelius
If it doesn't make sense, you should find for the defense. — Johnnie Cochran
To be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageous, irreverent, blasphemous, a rogue, a renegade, and a hated,… — Clarence Darrow
Murder begins where self-defense ends. — Georg Buchner
It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout the law. It… — Rick Scott
Common sense told us that to preserve the peace, we'd have to become strong again after years of weakness and confusion. So, we rebuilt our… — Ronald Reagan
If we're going to preach about democracy we're going to have to make difficult decisions. We're not going to sell our values out for basing… — Bill Delahunt
A nation with a goofy foreign policy needs a very serious policy of defense. — P.J. O'Rourke
Refresh your commitment today to test everything by the Word of God. The surest defense against spiritual deception is knowledge of spiritual truth. — David Jeremiah
The best defense against logic is ignorance. — Blaise Pascal
Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique. — Monica Raymund
When you play defense you have to storm the fort or play cover - you can't do both. — Bear Bryant
Invincibility is in oneself, and vulnerability is in the opponent. Invincibility is a matter of defense, vulnerability is a matter of attack. Therefore skillful warriors… — Sun Tzu
In the last analysis, terrorism is an idea generated by capitalism to justify better defense measures to safeguard capitalism. — Rainer Werner Fassbinder
My style was impetuous, my defenses were impregnable, and I was ferocious. — Mike Tyson
I haven't played defense in a couple years. — Rajon Rondo
In two cases I did not fulfill my role as defense minister, in that I did not stop things that I was sure should have… — Moshe Dayan
We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army. — Jim Talent
Being dead is the most airtight defense of one's own aesthetic. — Sarah Ruhl
The way to balance the budget is for Congress to cut Social Security, move the retirement age to 70, cut defense, Medicare and veterans pensions,… — Howard Dean
Early fear was felt cellularly and was indeed real. Defensive postures were necessary, but defenses generalize cellularly in adulthood and do not expire. It takes… — David Richo
From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those… — Russ Carnahan
Current levels of Pentagon spending may not be able to support current defense strategy. The answer to this problem is right before our eyes: cut… — William Hartung
One doesn't defend one's god: one's god is in himself a defense. — Henry James
When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply. — Charles Caleb Colton

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