#offense

A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense. ↗

— Vince Flynn

#be the first #books #cia #defense #first

Strictly speaking, every citizen above a certain level of income is guilty of some offense. ↗

— Max Frisch

#certain #certain level #citizen #every #guilty

On September 11, 2001, we thought we were going to be attacked many, many times between then and now. We haven't been. I believe we had a president who made the right decision at the right time... to put us on offense against terrorists. ↗

— Rudy Giuliani

#attacked #been #believe #between #decision

Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense. ↗

— Austin O'Malley

#before #cause #child #offense #sure

Oh, I think the biggest lesson in Wisconsin is that 60 percent of the people do not believe that recall elections were proper for policy differences, short of some criminal offense. ↗

— Martin O'Malley

#biggest #biggest lesson #criminal #differences #elections

Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer! ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#like #offense #our #theorem

Under current law, there is no additional penalty for someone who enters the United States illegally and then commits either a crime of violence or a drug trafficking offense. They simply come under the same penalty as we have in current law. ↗

— John Shadegg

#come #commits #crime #current #current law

Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#fault #find #must #offense #possible

When a man has a gift in speaking the truth, brute aggression is no longer his security blanket for approval. He, on the contrary, spends most of his energy trying to tone it down because his very nature is already offensive enough. ↗

— Criss Jami

#approval #authority #blanket #brute-force #brutes

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself. ↗

— Mark Twain

#respect #respect