#defense

The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at home glaringly apparent. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

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

— John Wooden

#definite #game #great #learning #part

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way. ↗

— Loretta Young

#i #little #my own #out #own

We need to have a strong defense focused on areas that are in the greatest vulnerability. I have been very concerned about America's 361 seaports as a point in which terrorist activities and materials could be brought into the country. ↗

— Bob Graham

#activities #america #areas #been #brought

This idea of holding the Defense Department hostage to the tax debate makes me sick to my stomach. Knock it off. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

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We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

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In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense. ↗

— Alan Hansen

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There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. ↗

— Thomas W. Higginson

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Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#only #order #reagan #ronald #ronald reagan

The American people can be - and deserve to be - assured that actions taken in their defense are consistent with their values and their laws. ↗

— Eric Holder

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