Quotes with defense

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  • Malcolm X Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Bennie Thompson Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.
    Bennie Thompson
    American politician (1948 - )
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  • Adam Smith Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Bono Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan. I read the Meltzer report, and then I'll read C. Fred Bergsten's defense of institutions like the World Bank and the I.M.F. It's embarrassing to admit.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • John Dryden Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Primo Levi The aims of life are the best defense against death.
    Primo Levi
    Italian chemist, author (1919 - 1987)
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  • William F. Buckley The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
    William F. Buckley
    American political commentator and journalist
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  • Alan Dershowitz The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.
    Alan Dershowitz
    American lawyer and author (1938 - )
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  • Arthur Ochs Sulzberger The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment.
    Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
    American journalist
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  • Bernie Sanders The Department of Defense, the largest single energy consumer in America, is bullish on solar.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • John F. Kennedy The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe... the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The only defensible war is a war of defense.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Benigno Aquino III The Philippines-U.S. Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement takes our security cooperation to a higher level of engagement, reaffirms our country's commitment to mutual defense and security, and promotes regional peace and stability.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Ben Nighthorse Campbell The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not related to his office. But the costs of that defense should be borne by him and not the taxpayer.
    Ben Nighthorse Campbell
    American Cheyenne politician (1933 - )
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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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  • Sir William Blackstone The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.
    Sir William Blackstone
    English jurist, judge and politician
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  • Alan Parsons The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist.
    Alan Parsons
    English audio engineer, songwriter, musician (1948 - )
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  • Joseph Brodsky The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even - if you will - eccentricity. That is, something that can't be feigned, faked, imitated; something even a seasoned imposter couldn't be happy with.
    Joseph Brodsky
    Russian-born American Poet, Critic (1940 - 1996)
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  • Barry Eisler The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
    Barry Eisler
    American novelist
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  • E. V. Lucas There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.
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