Defense Quotes - Page 29

• I've called on Congress to repeal the so-called Defense of Marriage Act to help end discrimination to help end discrimination against same-sex couples in this country. Now, I want to add we have a duty to uphold existing law, but I believe we must do so in a way that does not exacerbate old divides. And fulfilling this duty in upholding the law in no way lessens my commitment to reversing this law. I've made that clear.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Sex, Couple

  "Sweet Speech, Mr. President - But Where Was the Apology? And Where’s the Action?" By Karen Ocamb, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 1, 2009.

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• Comedy [deals] with a lot of the same areas where our defenses are the strongest - race, religion, politics, sexuality.

  Chris Bliss

  God, Race, Soul

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• When we think we have been hurt by someone in the past, we build up defenses to protect ourselves from being hurt in the future. So the fearful past causes a fearful future and the past and future become one. We cannot love when we feel fear.... When we release the fearful past and forgive everyone, we will experience total love and oneness with all.

  Gerald Jampolsky

  Letting Go, Hurt, Past

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• Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat.

  Rodney Stark

  Military, Mean, Marine

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• Millions for defense but not a cent for tribute.

  Robert Goodloe Harper

  Military, Tribute, Cents

  Toast at dinner for John Marshall, Philadelphia, Pa., 18 June 1798.

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• Given man's nature, freedom will always be in jeopardy, and the only question that need concern each of us is if and how well we took our stand in its defense during the short period of time when we were potentially a part of the struggle.

  Benjamin A. Rogge

  Struggle, Men, Ifs And

  Benjamin A. Rogge (1979). “Can Capitalism Survive?”, Liberty Fund

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• Keeping a [journal] need not be a major chore-just a few minutes of notes each day can be valuable. Writing crystallizes insights, fools the defense of forgetfulness, and builds a collection of ideas and reflections that can spur further insights even years later.

  Roger N. Walsh

  Inspirational, Writing, Reflection

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• We had discussions at the Department of Defense on the issues of utilizing and requesting the full skill of United States capabilities, both on the soft side and on the side of providing logistics and technical expertise... And, we as a country are extremely pleased with the announcement that we have heard, and we look forward to that cooperation as expeditiously as we can.

  Brownie Samukai

  Country, Skills, Issues

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• Social awkwardness is not a sin, in defense of liberty.

  Matt Kibbe

  Liberty, Sin, Social

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• It is a skill we learn early, the art of inventing stories to explain away the fearful scared strangeness of the world. Storytelling and make-believe, like war and agriculture, are among the arts of self-defense, and all of them are ways of enclosing otherness and claiming ownership.

  William Kittredge

  Art, War, Believe

  William Kittredge (2002). “Owning It All: Essays”, Graywolf Pr

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• I don’t use a ring of any kind on my phone. This is so that I am always on offense and never defense.

  Dave Morin

  Phones, Use, Kind

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• Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity.

  David Gelernter

  Design, Complexity, Computer Programming

  David Hillel Gelernter (1998). “Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of Technology”, Basic Books (AZ)

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• Through centuries of struggle, Jews across the world have been witnesses not only against the crimes of men, but for faith in God and God alone. Theirs is a story of defiance and oppression, and patience in tribulation reaching back to the exodus and their exile. That story continued in the founding of the state of Israel. That story continues in the defense of the state of Israel.

  George W. Bush

  Struggle, Men, Israel

  "Bush Speaks At Holocaust Memorial Event". CNN Live Event/Special, www.cnn.com. April 19, 2001.

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• Israel is a solid ally of the United States. We will rise to Israel's defense, if need be. So this kind of menacing talk [by the President of Iran] is disturbing. It's not only disturbing to the United States, it's disturbing for other countries in the world, as well. Asked whether he meant the U.S. would rise to Israel's defense militarily, Bush said: "You bet, we'll defend Israel."

  George W. Bush

  Country, Israel, Iran

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• The success of this Government, and thus the success of our Nation, depends in the last analysis upon the quality.of our career services. The legislation enacted by the Congress, as well as the decisions made by me and by the department and agency heads, must all be implemented by the career men and women in the Federal service. In foreign affairs, national defense, science and technology, and a host of other fields, they face problems of unprecedented importance and perplexity. We are all dependent on their sense of loyalty and responsibility as well as their competence and energy.

  John F. Kennedy

  Loyalty, Responsibility, Technology

  "Special Message to the Congress on Federal Pay Reform". February 20, 1962.

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• Now let me make it clear that I believe there can only be one defense policy for the United States and that is summed up in the word 'first.' I do not mean first, but. I do not mean first, when. I do not mean first, if. I mean first - period.

  John F. Kennedy

  Believe, Mean, Presidential

  Speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention, Detroit, Michigan, on August 26, 1960. "John F. Kennedy Quotations: First, Importance of Being", www.jfklibrary.org.

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• If you say that you reject violence when it exceeds the limits imposed by the needs of defense, they accuse you of pacifism, without understanding that violence is the whole essence of authoritarianism, just as the repudiation of violence is the whole essence of anarchism.

  Errico Malatesta

  Essence, Understanding, Needs

  Errico Malatesta (2015). “Life and Ideas: The Anarchist Writings of Errico Malatesta”, p.138, PM Press

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• When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military occupier has to defend itself against the population they are crushing. You can't defend yourself when you're militarily occupying someone else's land. That's not defense. Call it what you like, it's not defense.

  Noam Chomsky

  Crush, Military, Land

  "Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• In the gospel of Jesus Christ you have help from both sides of the veil, and you must never forget that. When disappointment and discouragement strike--and they will--you remember and never forget that if our eyes could be opened we would see horses and chariots of fire as far as the eye can see riding at reckless speed to come to our protection. They will always be there, these armies of heaven, in defense of Abraham's seed.

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Jesus, Horse, Disappointment

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• If I were in Congress in 1996, I would have voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which used Congress's constitutional authority to define what official state documents other states have to recognize under the Full Faith and Credit Clause, to ensure that no state would be forced to recognize a 'same sex' marriage license issued in another state.

  Ron Paul

  Sex, Would Be, Credit

  "The Federal Marriage Amendment Is a Very Bad Idea". www.lewrockwell.com. October 1, 2004.

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• Pornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or polluted food. The body has defenses to rid itself of unwholesome food. With a few fatal exceptions, bad food will only make you sick but do no permanent harm. In contrast, a person who feasts upon filthy stories or pornographic or erotic pictures and literature records them in this marvelous retrieval system we call a brain. The brain won't vomit back filth. Once recorded, it will always remain subject to recall, flashing its perverted images across your mind and drawing you away from the wholesome things in life.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Things In Life, Drawing, Sick

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• In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging, and sheer cloudy vagueness... Political language [is] designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.

  George Orwell

  Lying, Writing, Political Language

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• The best defense for any group of people is what we do to defend other people.

  Russell Simmons

  People, Tolerance, Groups

  "Rabbi Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons". "Voices on Antisemitism" with Daniel Greene, www.ushmm.org. October 25, 2007.

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• Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.

  Bear Bryant

  Winning, Tickets, Championship

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• The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.

  Lou Holtz

  Team, Goal, Needs

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