#fortress

In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for cavalry! ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#cavalry #chance #deep #defended #entrenched

In these times we fight for ideas and newspapers are our fortress. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

#fortress #ideas #newspapers #our #these

It will undoubtedly happen, that the enemy will make the attempt, today, tomorrow or the next day, at some time, to break into this fortress of Europe at one point or another. That will undoubtedly be the case. ↗

— Heinrich Himmler

#attempt #break #case #day #enemy

The fortress of Europe with its frontiers must be held and will be held too, as long as is necessary. ↗

— Heinrich Himmler

#fortress #frontiers #held #long #must

I was thinking, too, of Superman and his fortress of solitude. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#his #i #solitude #superman #thinking

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#hero #his #learned #learned man #life

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon. ↗

— Martin Luther

#church #fortress #goodly #prayer #strong

Image has to be its own fortress, in spite of the owners. People can't separate that or they don't comprehend that you can turn that on and off for each one of the different entities. ↗

— Todd McFarlane

#different #each #entities #fortress #image

Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella and fortress. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#cannot #constitution #cornerstone #fortress #forward

Wherever my work may take me in the near future even if you should see me one day within the fortress - you can always count on me as your reliable assistant. ↗

— Hjalmar Schacht

#assistant #count #day #even #fortress