#defending

Dull would be the man who should merely tolerate this plan of social industry. Weak would be the position of him who should take an apologetic tone in defending it, or present its claims in a merely negative way, by exposing the evils and perils of the socialistic plan. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#claims #defending #dull #evils #exposing

I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances and in debate. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#appearances #been #campuses #college #college campuses

I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#end #essentially #go #good #hate

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. ↗

— Alice Walker

#against #coconut #collapsing #defending #father

Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#aid #appreciation #bringing #countries #defending

Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#coarse #defending #die #form #head

As press secretary, I spent countless hours defending the administration from the podium in the White House briefing room. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#briefing #countless #defending #hours #house

Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves. ↗

— Johnny Ramone

#defending #happen #much #never #over

In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#american #believers #center #defending #firm

What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

#defending #home #i #i am #mother