Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher, Writer
"There's no defense against stupidity."
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Kofi Annan
Diplomat, Politician
"Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is."
Saint Peter
Religious Leader
"Be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you."
Thomas Jefferson
Politician, Founding Father
"A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny."
Al Davis
Football Coach, Executive
"They said you had to take what the defense gave you. No, we are going to take what we want."
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"Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southerner apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance."
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"A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense."
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"A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack."
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"Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand alone, if need be, against the whole world, in defense of their conviction."
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"If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime."
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"Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action."
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"We don't declare war any more; we declare national defense."
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"You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive."
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"Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships."
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"Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other."
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"Defense is superior to opulence."
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"I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence."
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"For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense."
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"Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense."
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"The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is."
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"When things go wrong or dont turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions."
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"Here, every private person is authorized to arm himself, and on the strength of this authority, I do not deny the inhabitants had a right to arm themselves at that time, for their defense, not for offense."
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"Religion is a defense against the experience of God."
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"Certain forms of ammunition have no legitimate sporting, recreational, or self-defense use and thus should be prohibited."
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"But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication."
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