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“Simon, she'd learned, was a man who studied people. He learned their weaknesses as a way of protecting himself.”
“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times re...”
“Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength.”
“The thing that grieves the heart of the Lord is when God doesnt see men who stand in defense of the truth”
“Nonviolence simply cannot defend property rights over human rights.”
“The reassuring smile was now useless. I was plastic. Everything was veiled. Objectivity, facts, hard information--these were things only in the outline stage. There was nothing tying anything toget...”
“Men of honor, men of God in a healthy society, stand in defense of justice”
“If you make peace without defense power,then you should be really ready to be ruled.”
“The process of dissociation is an elegant mechanism built into the human psychological system as a form of escape from (sometimes literally) going crazy. The problem with checking out so thoroughly...”
“The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”
“Is not most talkingA crazed defense of a crumbling fort?I thought we came hereTo surrender in Silence.”
“It was more than a string of letters put togetherit was a thick cloak in the coldand a strong defense against an enemyIt was more than the naked heart on paperit was a way to undress sadness and s...”
“My only defense is the acquisition of vocabulary.”
“I see the impossible work being done by of my friends at the federal agencies, the Pentagon, NATO, Five Eyes and the intelligence community. They are doing the impossible, for the ungrateful and wi...”
“You know,' he said as they made their way down the hall, 'I appreciate the support, Scully, but I don't need defending. Not really.'She looked up at him and sighed. 'Oh yes you do, Mulder.'He looke...”
“If abuses are destroyed, man must destroy them. If slaves are freed, man must free them. If new truths are discovered, man must discover them. If the naked are clothed; if the hungry are fed; if ju...”
“Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenceless creature?”
“There's nothing as useful as the truth, in terms of ruining anyone's day, week, month, year, decade, or life Unless, of course, you own a remotely operated automatic flamethrower-drone-tower and ha...”
“My heart goes out to some of those rather hostile yet highly intelligent individuals who may see problems really because they have solutions. That hostility is learned in defense; not offense. An o...”
“Ignorance is one of the best defense available. Distraction is a remedy.”
