#fend

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior. ↗

— Vinoba Bhave

#behavior #country #defended #ethical #should

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#expensive #magnanimity #offenders #punish #state

People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#i #know #offend #people #say

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

— Erma Bombeck

#defends #electric #friend #gets #her

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#how #i #la #manipulates #music

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#attack #attention #condoleezza #condoleezza rice #cruel

We will defend ourselves, and we have full rights to do so. If the authorities try to destroy us, we have the right to rise up. Sooner or later this will happen. ↗

— Sergei Udaltsov

#defend #destroy #full #happen #later

We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#get #laughing #offend #people #want

It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

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