There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.
Edward V. Lucas

There is no defense against a perfect pass. I can throw the perfect pass.
Dan Marino

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.
Thomas W. Higginson

There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.
Helen Hunt Jackson

There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war.
Bill Nelson

These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have.
Bill Kristol

They had been monitoring the site for a very long time, and at times, I received over 100 hits from the Department of Defense on the website, so I wasn't the slightest bit surprised.
Sherman Austin

They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.
Bill Laimbeer

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity.
Lech Walesa

This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity.
William Jennings Bryan

This nation can no longer tolerate the autonomous conduct of any single service. A waste of the resources of America in spendthrift defense is an invitation to disaster for America.
Louis A. Johnson

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Today, Jewish defense is an accepted thing.
Meir Kahane

Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world's only superpower, that is an invitation to very serious trouble.
Steve Forbes

Truth is the best defense.
Ward Churchill

Virginia is the absolute leader in homeland security and defense and information technology.
Mark Warner

War is just a racket... I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else.
Smedley Butler

We all know how powerful the web can be for raising political money. Well, if you're game, the Duke Cunningham Legal Defense Fund is apparently ready to accept your donation.
Joshua Micah Marshall

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
Tennessee Williams

We have to get better at that. All of the Stanley Cup winning teams throughout the past few seasons, when they needed to play defense, they did it. If you can play defense, that's when you know it's game over.
Steve Yzerman