(1165 quotes found)
“No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the Negro from savagery and helping prepare him for that eventual freedom which is surely written in the Book of Fate”
Thomas Jefferson
“[Although admitting the timing --on the heels of the Hiroshima anniversary -- was bad, Beijing diplomats defended their position.] China has all along exercised utmost restraint on nuclear testing, ... The tests it has conducted are extremely limited in number.”
Chen Jian
“What we asked for were weapons so that we could defend ourselves -- that's what we asked of the Soviet Union, of the socialist countries of Eastern Europe, of the Algerians, of the Vietnamese; and that's what we received so that we could arm the Nicaraguan people and defend ourselves in that war imposed on us by Ronald Reagan's Administration over a number of years.”
Daniel Ortega
“If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.”
Winston Churchill
“Angels and ministers of grace defend us!”
William Shakespeare
“It is the logic of our times,No subject for immortal verse-That we who lived by honest dreamsDefend the bad against the worse.”
C. Day Lewis
“You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.”
Bruce Schneier
“The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest possible speed.”
Giulio Douhet
“Every absurdity has a champion to defend it”
Oliver Goldsmith
“Volatile. Fully prepared to defend myself. (when asked how would he describe himself)”
Johnny Rotten
