Quotes with defend

Quotes 61 till 77 of 77.

  • Bernard Beckett The Idea enters the brain from the outside. It rearranges the furniture to make it more to its liking. It finds other Ideas already in residence, and picks fights or forms alliances. The alliances build new structures, to defend themselves against intruders.
    Bernard Beckett
    New Zealand writer (1967 - )
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  • Alain de Botton The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.
    Alain de Botton
    Swiss-born British author (1969 - )
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  • Carol P. Christ The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters.
    Carol P. Christ
    American feminist historian and author (1945 - )
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  • Lord George Byron The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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  • Alice Miller The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.
    Alice Miller
    Polish-born Swiss psychologist (1923 - 2010)
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  • Abu Bakar Bashir There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them.
    Abu Bakar Bashir
    Indonesian Muslim cleric (1938 - )
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  • Bono There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious.
    Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Edmund Burke They defend their errors as if they were defending their inheritance.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Virtue, without talent, is a coat of mail without a sword; it may indeed defend the wearer, but will not enable him to protect his friend.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Bob Menendez We need to have a strong economy that can create employment opportunities and that can also produce the revenue that we need to defend our country at home and abroad.
    Bob Menendez
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Winston Churchill We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Barney Frank What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Byron Dorgan When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send them overseas, there is no question we have an obligation to protect them and provide for their safety.
    Byron Dorgan
    American author, businessman (1942 - )
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  • Bruce Schneier You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.
    Bruce Schneier
    American cryptographer, computer security professional and writer (1963 - )
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  • Audre Lorde You will never be able to defend your city while shouting.
    The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde (2000) 63
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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