#defensive

It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#defensiveness #noam-chomsky #september- #iraq

Murder is an offensive act. The term cannot be applied legitimately to any defensive act. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare. ↗

— James Forrestal

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Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

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And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire. ↗

— Edmund White

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Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel. ↗

— Katharine Whitehorn

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It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don't catch him in a defensive position, he'll admit it. I'd really like to help that man. ↗

— Germaine Greer

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Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender. ↗

— Douglas Haig

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The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory. ↗

— Douglas Haig

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