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Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | top
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Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. Frederic Bastiat | top
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Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. Simone de Beauvoir | top
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery? W. E. B. Du Bois | top
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors. Daniel Boone | top
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The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure. Winston Churchill | top
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Similarly, establishing a firm timeline for bringing our troops home could accelerate the development of Iraqi security forces and deepen their commitment to defending their own country and their own government. Peter DeFazio | top
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The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that make all of us have to communicate. Kevin Garnett | top
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I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self. George Grosz | top
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Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction. Christopher Lasch | top
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I see with greater and greater clearness that consistent Christianity is the easiest Christianity to defend. John Gresham Machen | top
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I always root for the defense. Wellington Mara | top
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People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it. Anthony de Mello | top
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If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible. Don Nickles | top
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There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war. Reinhold Niebuhr | top
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Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military. Barack Obama | top
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One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the staff. John Poindexter | top
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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty. Sallust | top
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It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops. Pete Stark | top
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Argument is to me the air I breathe. Given any proposition, I cannot help believing the other side and defending it. Gertrude Stein | top
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This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity. Lech Walesa | top
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Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial trial and have been permitted to make their defense. Robert Walpole | top
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Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them. Alan Watts | top
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To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to deprive the defendant of the impartial jury to which he or she is entitled under the law. Byron White | top
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One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest. Rowan D. Williams | top
