Defense Quotes

Self-defense is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself.

William Barclay

The tree of liberty could not grow were it not watered with the blood of tyrants.

Bertrand Barere de Vieuzac

The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur.

James Bovard

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Barry Goldwater

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well organized and armed militia is their best security.

Thomas Jefferson

Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.

Mark Twain

Our capacity to retaliate must be, and is, massive in order to deter all forms of aggression.

Dulles, John Foster

Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere.

Virgil

Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.

Sir Philip Sidney

Right is its own defense.

Bertolt Brecht

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

William F. Buckley

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

Joseph Addison

There is no adequate defense, except stupidity, against the impact of a new idea.

P. W. Bridgman

Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.

Mark Overby

The defense budget is more than a piggy bank for people who want to get busy beating swords into pork barrels

George Bush

Strength lies not in defense but in attack

Adolf Hitler

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

Gloria Steinem

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

John Adams

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

Edward Abbey

A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.

Irvin S. Cobb

A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

James Q. Wilson

Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries.

Frank B. Kellogg

As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway.

Gerhard Schroder

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