Quotes about Defense

It is absurd to hold that a man should be ashamed of an inability to defend himself with his limbs, but not ashamed of an inability to defend himself with speech and reason; for the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs.

What boots it at one gate to make defense,And at another to let in the foe?

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

False thinking and false ideologies, dressed in the most pleasing forms, quietly - almost without our knowing it - seek to reduce our moral defenses and to captivate our minds. They entice with bright promises of security, cradle-to-grave guarantees of many kinds.

I don't mind the wing-back role but I don't like to feel boxed in defence. I like to be free, involved and scoring goals - that's when I'm happiest.

I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor.

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every citizen who enjoys the protection of a free government owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.

Why do we have to talk about it? Why? I never saw anything like this. Every time we're going to attack somebody we explain....

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

In 2010, computerised trading systems created the stock-market Flash Crash; what would a computer-triggered crash look like in the defence arena?