#defending

I have been defending Israel's right to exist, and to defend itself against terrorism, for many years-on college campuses, in television appearances and in debate. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#appearances #been #campuses #college #college campuses

I often play women who are not essentially good or likable, and I often go through a stage where I hate them. Then I end up loving and defending them. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#end #essentially #go #good #hate

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap. ↗

— Alice Walker

#against #coconut #collapsing #defending #father

I don't feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you've got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don't buy too much. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#buy #clothes #comfortable #defending #feel

At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of universally recognized human rights. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#against #cultural #defending #human #human rights

Surely no issue unites us more than our appreciation for our military personnel who are bringing aid to devastated countries, defending us against terrorism, and fighting to make a free election possible in Iraq. ↗

— Christine Gregoire

#aid #appreciation #bringing #countries #defending

Men broke into their homes, killed their families, threatened you--and you won't let them do anything for fear you'll be hurt. That's selfish. How would you like it if I took your bow and said I cared too much about you to let you fight? ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#fighting #love #pain #family

I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self. ↗

— George Grosz

#beliefs #best #bitter #bitter end #brutality

Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost. ↗

— Douglas Haig

#become #defending #good #infantry #lost

Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#amending #continual #deeds #defending #democracy