#defence

I lived at admiralty house from 2002 until 2006 on advice from special branch on security grounds as defence secretary. The alternative of providing comprehensive security at my personal property would have entailed significant extra costs to the taxpayer. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#alternative #branch #comprehensive #costs #defence

Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified by the accepted values of that time. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#actions #cannot #defence #hitler #immediate

In the one defence, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don't accept full, or even any, responsibility. ↗

— J. L. Austin

#admit #any #bad #briefly #defence

In defence, I have cultivated a death wish. ↗

— Billy Fury

#death #defence #i #wish

In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence. ↗

— James Monroe

#defence #does #european #european powers #injuries

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#better #defence #defender #faith #george

Within NATO, our Defence Capabilities Initiative has identified the essential capabilities all Allies must have for modern operations, and Allies are working to meet those requirements. ↗

— Lord Robertson

#capabilities #defence #essential #identified #initiative

New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#defence #last #new #relation #significant

So my own suspicion is that the attorney has stopped this prosecution because part of her defence was to question legality and that would have brought his advice into the public domain again and there was something fishy about the way in which he said war was legal. ↗

— Clare Short

#advice #again #attorney #because #brought

As I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life -Remember that I die as becomes a British Officer, while the manner of my death must reflect disgrace on your Commander. ↗

— John Andre

#british #commander #consider #country #death