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“Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.”
Mark Overby
“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
“Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able to prevent the advent of negative conduct dominated by negative emotion. That is 'shila', or moral ethics. Once we develop this by familiarizing ourselves with it, along with mindfulness and conscientiousness, eventually that pattern and way of life will become a part of our own life.”
Dalai Lama
“When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think”
Pat Schroeder
“Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense”
Mark Twain
“Attack is the best form of defense”
Proverb
“Often times I have hated in self-defense; if I were stronger I would not have used such a weapon.”
Kahlil Gibran
“Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.”
Susan Sontag
“The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.”
James Madison
“We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.”
Tennessee Williams
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