#fend

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#any #call #claim #consequently #country

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love. ↗

— Ovid

#dare #defend #happy #love #those

When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#boy #child #defend #father #fists

He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#better #defence #defender #faith #george

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#battle #cause #consequences #defeat #defending

The administration says, then, there are no downsides or upsides to treating terrorists like civilian criminal defendants, but a lot of us would beg to differ. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#beg #civilian #criminal #defendants #differ

The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#circumstances #defend #going #itself #states

I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#also #because #blonde #dumb #i

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#change #griefs #heals #longer #more

We passed important laws to give the authorities responsible for investigation wide powers to defend us. ↗