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Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, ...

Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about attack

Saddam Hussein's bodyguards were too good. He had doubles. They couldn't get through to him. So the third line of defense, if the economic hit men and the jackals fail, the next line of defense is our young men and women, who are sent in to die...

Quote by John Perkins about opinion, man, good, good luck

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

Quote by Robert Redford about nature, security

The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs...

The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.

Quote by Edward Abbey about idea

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get...

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama bin Laden and to get... to ensure the complete defeat of al-Qaida, because we know that al-Qaida is planning operations against the United States even as we...

Quote by John Abizaid about defeat, heads, nothing

The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was no defense, a producer about to go to jail, should CBS in effect tell the producer go to jail even though there is no law at all that we can use to get you out of jail?

Quote by Floyd Abrams about question, law, use, end, day

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual...

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

Quote by John Adams about self-control

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of...

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

Quote by Aeschylus about justice, excess, wealth, man

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath...

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

Quote by Louisa May Alcott about treasure

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without...

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about revenge, war

Air defense motto: shoot em down, sort em out on the ground.

Air defense motto: shoot em down, sort em out on the ground.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, air

If you have to use your training in self-defense, your...

If you have to use your training in self-defense, your attacker's father will be a lawyer.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about self-control, use

Death comes to everyone we must stand proud as Afghans in...

Death comes to everyone we must stand proud as Afghans in the defense of Islam.

Quote by Mohammed Omar about death, proudness

But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

Quote by Rafael Palmeiro

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a...

I still feel like I can play defense at first base at a very high level.

Quote by Rafael Palmeiro about opinion

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.

Quote by Alan Parsons about music, hope

The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom.

Quote by George Pataki about moral, morality, war, people

I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, it actually weakens our national defense. I mean, we stood up to the Soviets. They had 40,000 nuclear weapons. Now we're fretting day in and day and night about third-world countries that...

Quote by Ron Paul about politics, country, air, day, force, police, night, world

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is...

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.

Quote by Ron Paul about virtue, violence, self-control, use

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