#defended

Each had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had done their duty. ↗

— Ernst Toller

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Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

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For God is my witness that I neither preached, affirmed, nor defended them, though they say that I did. ↗

— Jan Hus

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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan; I have participated in two European summits, so I have fully respected the engagements I made to the French. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds. ↗

— Titus Livius

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We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny. ↗

— James H. Douglas

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