Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing it does not do so at the expense of any other state.Quote by Lester B. Pearson about state, duty, rightness
Nevertheless, defense by power as a first obligation on a state has to be considered in relation to things other than economics.Quote by Lester B. Pearson about relation, state, power, things
No state, furthermore, unless it has aggressive military designs such as those which consumed Nazi leaders in the thirties, is likely to divert to defense any more of its resources and wealth and energy than seems necessary.Quote by Lester B. Pearson about state, wealth
I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.Quote by Shimon Peres about teaching
Partly, because I became in charge of the Ministry of Defense when I was 29 years old, and my parents were still alive, both my father and my mother.Quote by Shimon Peres about parents, mother, old, olderness
We have to distrust each other, it is our only defense against betrayal.Quote by Tennessee Williams about doubt
Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.Quote by George Orwell about war, self-control
Pride is the defense of autonomy against desperate and naughty mediocrity.Quote by Petre Pandrea about proudness, mediocrity