#defends

He who defends everything defends nothing. ↗

— Frederick II

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A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

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A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views. ↗

— Maimonides

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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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