If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.
Thomas Sowell

In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view.
Martin McGuinness

In the current environment, we find it very difficult to defend America, and so we keep our silence. Because, to be very frank with you, how can we defend America?
Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.
Kevin Eubanks

It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense.
Herman Kahn

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

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
Thomas Jefferson

It is our responsibility as Americans to provide for the families of those who have died to defend our nation. Raising the military death benefit is not a Democrat or Republican issue - it is an American issue.
Brian Baird

It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsing culture.
George Grosz

It's sometimes easier to defend a one goal lead than a two goal lead.
Mark Lawrenson

It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country.
Kim Y. Sam

Just after writing those we were called up to defend a new position on the left, where the terrible storming of the bridge over the Antietam took place.
Joshua Chamberlain

Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
Tecumseh

Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.
Arnold H. Glasow

Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.
Bob Taft

May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
J. Reuben Clark

Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.
Robin Hayes