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It is not enough to merely defend democracy. To defend it may be to lose it; to extend it is to strengthen it. Democracy is not property; it is an idea. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

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And Oliver North was really a good soldier, up to the last moment, shoving memos into the shredder and defending the policy to the end. ↗

— Bobby Ray Inman

#end #good #good soldier #into #last

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

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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Some guy hit my fender, and I told him, 'Be fruitful and multiply,' but not in those words. ↗

— Woody Allen

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You don't leave people who can't defend themselves. ↗

— Tori Amos

#leave #people #themselves #who #you

I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in there and also understand that for every punch that you or your opponent throws there's always a counter shot or two which you have to be ready to fire or defend. ↗

— Alexis Arguello

#always #any #as far as #being #counter

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime. ↗

— John Ashcroft

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To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party. ↗

— Mary Astell

#defend #generous #honourable #may #me

Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#coarse #defending #die #form #head

I'm Lou Barletta, and I'm a small town defender. ↗

— Lou Barletta

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