#defense

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#assertive #best #citizenry #defense #government

The thing about gay marriage is simply that it's not gay. It's marriage. If you are uncomfortable with marriage, you can not outlaw marriage. And, shocking, even if homosexuality makes someone uncomfortable, one can not outlaw identifying as or practicing homosexuality. So seeing as both homosexuality and marriage are legal, their being combined should be no big deal. ↗

— Cristina Marrero

#doma #gay-marriage #glbtq #homosexuality #marriage

You had a good dinner of properly fried food, and if you want to live long enough to have another one, you’ve got to weaponize properly. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#self-defense #weapons #food

Those who plead their cause in the absence of an opponent can invent to their heart's content, can pontificate without taking into account the opposite point of view and keep the best arguments for themselves, for aggressors are always quick to attack those who have no means of defence. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#deceit #defenselessness #double-standards #falsehood #hypocrisy

I only direct in self-defense. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#i #only #self-defense

Over the course of two years, we arrived at a point where we began to look at the value added by making information more easily accessible across the intelligence community, both defense and national. ↗

— Stephen Cambone

#across #added #arrived #began #both

I trust it will not be giving away professional secrets to say that many readers would be surprised, perhaps shocked, at the questions which some newspaper editors will put to a defenseless woman under the guise of flattery. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#defenseless #editors #flattery #giving #guise

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#air #aircraft #attack #defense #departure

Democrats are committed to mapping a new direction in Iraq, and we will work with the President and the new Defense Secretary to ensure that the will of the American people guides our future actions. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#american #american people #committed #defense #democrats

Beautiful girls should know how to defend themselves against the advances of gentlemen. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#girls #self-defense #beauty