Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. Votes: 4
Imelda MarcosI have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings Votes: 4
Wilhelm SteinitzI have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings. Votes: 3
Wilhelm SteinitzBut which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care. Votes: 2
Benjamin TuckerSelf-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless. Votes: 0
Rickson GracieSometimes, I, anyway, get tired of playing defence, and like to play offence. Votes: 0
Bill McKibbenExperience informs us that the first defence of weak minds is to recriminate. Votes: 0
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeIf she and Sam ever had kids, they'd be gluten-intolerant out of self-defence. Votes: 0
Maggie StiefvaterThe best defence against mafia business is full declaration of assets and incomes. Votes: 0
Milos ZemanImmodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense. Votes: 0
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of RoscommonZeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best defence against a knave. Votes: 0
PlutarchOffensive operations, often times, is the surest, if not the only means of defence. Votes: 0
George WashingtonThe best defence against bullshit is vigilance. So if you smell something, say something. Votes: 0
Jon StewartPhilosophy, the love of Wisdom, is at the very bottom defence against the incomprehensible. Votes: 0
Oswald SpenglerA people morally and intellectually equal to self-government must also be equal in self-defence. Votes: 0
Jefferson DavisOft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense. Votes: 0
William ShenstoneI felt very bad and could not sleep until 1am. Maybe he could coach me defence. Votes: 0
Tamim IqbalLove cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. Votes: 0
Jean de La FontaineThere is no defence against an evil which only the victims and the perpetrators know exists. Votes: 0
Christopher X. BrodeurThe means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Votes: 0
James MadisonNew Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years. Votes: 0
Jenny ShipleyI make terrible jokes every time I go into a hospital. I think it's a defence mechanism. Votes: 0
Sanjeev BhaskarThe strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThe United States is contributing massively to the defence of Europe and we should be very grateful. Votes: 0
Margaret ThatcherPride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, and fills up all the mighty void of sense. Votes: 0
Alexander PopeIf you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships Votes: 0
Zeljko ObradovicThere is no defence for my actions which I sincerely regret. [on an affair with nanny Daisy Wright] Votes: 0
Jude LawAt any rate, Daddy usually comes to my defence. Without him I wouldn't be able to stick out here. Votes: 0
Anne FrankIn my defence, I did like my ex until she cheated on me. I just thought the feeling was love. Votes: 0
S.A. TawksIt was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq. Votes: 0
Douglas HurdI guess that's my defence, is like - even if people think it sucks - it's not me anymore, you know. Votes: 0
Panda BearWith wives, men hide behind the air of bravado, which is basically a defence mechanism, I think. Clever creatures, women. Very clever. Votes: 2 Les Dawson