Sir, I am not a potted plant. (Brendan Sullivan was justifying his aggressive tactics in defense of his client, Col. Oliver North)
Defense Quotes
And if, to be sure, sometimes you need to conceal a fact with words, do it in such a way that it does not become known, or, if it does become known, that you have a ready and quick defense.
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its one sure defense.
For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
We must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture.
Having the Pentagon attacked is a red flag, not a red herring. The flag does not get redder or realer than that. With all due respect to the poor souls who didn’t deserve to die in New York, a successful breaching of America’s defense core – speaking from reason and not sentiment – should be […]
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
We are confident that we can penetrate any enemy defenses with our missiles. We know that we are more than the equal of any nation in the world.
To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
The Soviets have really been quite single-minded. They increased their defense expenditures as we increased ours. And they increased their defense expenditures as we have decreased ours.
