#defending

Dull would be the man who should merely tolerate this plan of social industry. Weak would be the position of him who should take an apologetic tone in defending it, or present its claims in a merely negative way, by exposing the evils and perils of the socialistic plan. ↗

— John Bates Clark

#claims #defending #dull #evils #exposing

There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless. ↗

— Michael Scott

#defending #dignity #honor #killing #war

If we must die, we die defending our rights. ↗

— Sitting Bull

#die #must #our #rights

Passivity is the same as defending injustice. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#injustice #passivity #same

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 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

As press secretary, I spent countless hours defending the administration from the podium in the White House briefing room. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#briefing #countless #defending #hours #house