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America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country.

George W. Bush

America does not need a permission slip to defend ourselves.

George W. Bush

May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

Voltaire

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Lillian Hellman

A lot of workers who were on the fence are off the fence. They're ready to defend their wages.

Todd Jordan

They threw everything at us. We had to defend very well at the end.

Richie Mccaw

We cannot defend liberty abroad by deserting it at home.

Edward R. Murrow

But just to be able to defend the trophy is fantastic.

Phil Thompson

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

Charles Reade

Our attorney will strongly defend the agency in this case.

John Barton

There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious.

Abe Bonowitz

This is what I do for a living, and I've missed it very much, ... I'm very excited to come back and defend the Women's Championship.

Trish Stratus

The people in the cabin have no way to defend themselves.

Patricia Friend

We're not defending anything, because we don't have anything. (This) is a new season, just like 2005 is a new season for the Raiders.

Rodney Harrison

Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.

Lewis Mumford

They frustrated us from the opening. They came here to defend. On this smaller field, it was crowded out there.

John Gillies

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Voltaire

If we are attacked we can only defend ourselves with guns not with butter.

Joseph Goebbels

One of the things about defending Drake is you have to defend them as a team.

Tony Dicecco

He's frustrated and angry with the way the process works. He wants a chance to defend himself.

Donald Demayo

They're very well-balanced. Inside and out, they're a tough team to defend.

Dwight Littlefield

It's about being beyond the perception of reproach, where you're able to defend yourself against innuendo.

Quin Snyder

I was simply defending my profession and my passion.

Dick Pound

I'm not here to defend Joe. That's Joe's responsibility. Chris hiding behind Joe is irrelevant.

Diane Farrell

We acknowledge that only she can defend herself against allegations that she misrepresented the teachings of certain religious beliefs.

Saor Siagiaan

Martinez is tough on (defending) the ball. He?s very quick and a good defender.

Tom Vix

We intend to vigorously defend the charges brought against him.

Michael Zaslavsky

We believe that the oil ministers are inclined to defend a $55 per barrel floor in the near term.

Adam Sieminski

To get a chance to come back and defend your first win is something you only get one chance of doing.

Nick Dougherty

Late in the game, one on one like that, very few players can defend him.

Adrian Hurley

They're the defending (tournament) champs. We've seen them and they're not a 12 seed.

Brian Clodi

A big part of it for us has been our defense. We defend very, very well.

Jason Mathenia

It gives me much pride ... to see the men and women who stand so bravely to defend our country.

Jesse Jones

We have to defend better than we did (Friday night).

Kelly Meek

It is very difficult to defend against the suicide bombers.

Paul Beaver

He (Cooper) does maintain his innocence and will defend himself in court if indicted.

Jerry Summers

If he doesn't defend, do we surrender to the government?

Harold Williams

I had to defend my title.

Pat Tucker

We believe the lawsuit is without merit and we will defend against it vigorously.

Steve Langdon

I know how to say 'faster' and 'defend' in Bosnian, Spanish and Creole.

Chris Faidley

There were possessions were it seemed like we were defending 90 seconds in a row.

Porter Moser

I have done something to defend myself and my race.

Chai Vang

We were simply defending ourselves and our church. The police can't be everywhere.

Juan Delfin

The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.

Dr. John Marshall

Twice we were at the goal line and couldn't get it in. (New Brighton) did a good job of defending.

Jim Wilson

We just beat the defending state champs. They did it to us last year.

Mike Cowan

I intend to continue vigorously to defend the city's affirmative action program against any challenge in court.

Louise Renne

I was seeded second (behind Bender, the defending MBC champion at 125), so, yes, it was a surprise that I won.

Chris Block

My only intention in writing this book was to defend the princess and stand in her corner.

Paul Burrell

Clearly the big question in the future is: What will the new administration do? Will it defend these rules if it comes under attack by oil and Congress?

Frank O'donnell

See, that's something that we can get better at defending. I'm going to bring that up before we play them again and say that they do have the ability to score.

Howard Suda

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Edward Abbey

We were not too far away [from winning]. But we didn't defend or rebound as well as could have.

Jake Palluzzi

The City has for centuries been absolutely brilliant at defending its empire.

Tony Travers

The army is under orders to defend every place.

Helmut Kohl

I loved the way we fought back. We could have tanked it when we got behind 5-0. We're playing the defending (Class M) champions.

Bill Buscetto

We will defend them vigorously.

Jay Jones

You watch how teams are defending it. Do they play a box or a diamond? Do they come after you or sit back?

Dale Hunter

I can't see us defending it any differently.

David Wesley

We have to defend the Dog House. If we can't go undefeated through the season, we'll go undefeated in the Dog House.

Anjessa Evans

We knew they were going to defend Andre hard. So I had to attack the basket.

Orlando Griego

We will defend ourselves vigorously against the allegations.

Jeff Prescott

I'm glad that we have a big appetite. They don't easily get satisfied. Hopefully we can defend it.

Franz Pumaren

Someone has to be there to guard the gates to make sure we do things right and to defend the company.

Dick Heimann

I did not defend myself. I say a life for a life.

Ruth Ellis

I've defended your nation, I chose to do it, and the only way I can defend your tax dollars is if you elect me as your auditor.

Jack Jackson

We're defending four murder cases instead of two.

David Ruhnke

Even if he was conscious when she struck him, his ability to defend himself would have been impaired by the drugs. There is no provocation in this case.

Peter Chapman

We will have to defend very well and take half-chances. It will come down to who takes the half-chances.

Graham Arnold

He's a big guy who can rebound and defend, and he's got a lot of playoff experience.

Donnie Nelson

They've sent the shot across the bow. We'll defend the decision of the tribunal.

Frances Kelly

They sat here and told you that she was a bad employee. That's how they're defending themselves.

Marisa Williams

We consider him the PNP chairman, a member of the political opposition and I don't think he will be defending the Arroyo administration.

Joseph Estrada

The option is always tough. You have to be very disciplined to defend it.

Frank Knight

But the reality is that we have to defend our freedoms. And someone has to do it.

Michael Rochelle

Those three things will help defend against most broad-based attacks. Certainly more consumers out there need to see that message.

Mike Reavey

We've talked a lot about defending our home court. That's one advantage we will have.

Glen Drury

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Pericles

Our clients plan to defend.

John Nields

We are prepared to do that, and we stand ready to defend our rights.

Rafael Ramirez

I think we need to do a better job of defending all their screens they set to get those two open.

Steve Monks

It defeats the purpose of debates when the incumbent is unwilling to defend his record.

Russ Dondero

It was pretty balanced. But we need to do a better job of defending the post.

Billy Waller

We'd been weak on defending the run this season, so we focused on that some this week.

Bill Shaw

It's too bad the governor isn't here to defend his record, but with the record he has, I'm not surprised he's not here.

Peter Sorenson

Their No. 1 strength is to run the ball. They run the Wing-T, which is always difficult to defend.

Dick Abrams

You have to attack your own system in order to understand how hackers are attacking your system and how to defend against them.

Avi Rubin

We have conceded 10 goals in six games and we simply have to defend better than that.

Gary Megson

How do you defend Candice Wiggins? She does so many things with the ball.

Lavonda Wagner

For their analogy to work, Jim would be defending Best Buy, not suing them.

Mark Anthony

When you are attacked, you need to defend yourself. The same way I would defend constituents in Washington.

Roger Owen

Be strong in case you have to defend yourself.

Robert O'connor

When it's a tournament in your city, you tend to get up for it. Cereal City is ours. We want to defend it.

Vicky Groat

I want be someone that they know will defend them, ... They're all one-on-one players who come at you every night.

Rasual Butler

I've never had to hold on to one that big before. I really don't know how we're going to defend him in the paint.

Josh Dollard

Committed to defending the rights of all our men and women, whatever their beliefs.

Mary Walker

Our motto has been defend, rebound, and run. We did well limiting them to one and done.

Pete Vasil

There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.

Dwight L. Moody

You defend them the same way you defend anyone else. I mean, of course, these guys are going to use their bodies and use their power. So you got to use your body, your power. You have to use your advantages.

Antrel Rolle

The problem with this attack is that it is so hard to defend against for the average user.

Johannes Ullrich

The more we know about this threat, the more we know we have to act to defend against it.

Steve Israel

This wasn't a fight. It was an attack. She could never defend herself. If [four] people are beating you up, what are you going to do? Christi never had a chance.

Robin Nardozzi

You can tell by the stats. We didn't defend.

Arturo Dubois

The U.S. Air Force is committed to defending the rights of all of our men and women whatever their beliefs.

Jennifer Stephens

To rebound and defend. That's what the team needs.

Wayne Simien

We're still the defending state champions, and we're not going to go quietly in any game.

Jon Pearlman

There's no way to defend eight threes.

Tim Bowman

It is going to be a national debacle (if we cannot play and defend the SEAG crown).

Joey Lina

The Lebanese people have the right to defend their land.

Yasser Arafat

The passing game is more sophisticated now, but we are also more sophisticated in trying to defend it.

Vince Dooley

We accept the judge's ruling and will proceed to defend the case in state court.

Gail Rymer

They're the best team we played this year. They were really tough to defend.

Daniel Dillon

Defending the religious freedom of Christians.

The Foundation

One of our concentrations was to defend outside shots.

Rob Spivery

It's a beautiful thing; it's fun. We're going to defend the crown — what more can you ask for?

Andre Cook

I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president.

John Kerry

I feel I am defending the (U.S.) Constitution by not committing war crimes, destroying a country, and killing innocent civilians.

Ryan Johnson

We wanted to get the ball to Luke on the block, because they couldn't defend him there.

Doug Schauer

We were in those foxholes and ... what we did was to defend ourselves and try to live through it.

Lyle Bouck

We have to defend the rights that were won by our ancestors and which the current government is trying to take away.

Maxime Ourly

That's all we've been doing, defending and rebounding. We had carryover from practice.

Demarshay Johnson

Who wouldn't want to play for the defending world champions?

Geoff Blum

I wouldn't say yes or no to that. That's a maybe. The guy is not here to defend himself. I don't want to say anything.

Steve Kline

If he's willing to step into the race, then I certainly will defend myself.

Rep. Richard Machek

I want to be physical, that's my style. I want to run the ball with power, defend with power.

Rod Marinelli

We were defending a lot better as a team, rebounding better as a team and the tempo was in our favor.

Matt Fannin

Whatever Ms. Brooks chose to do, she did completely on her own without my knowledge or approval. If the need arises, I will vigorously defend myself against any charges.

A. Alfred Taubman

He's starting to get better on his feet. He's been able to defend shots a little bit better, which is what we've been working on.

Andy Weiss

We had to defend against a bunch. There were too many coming against us, so we moved it inside.

Aisling Macrunnels

Our position was: "If you don't attack us, there won't be any violence; if you bring violence to us, we will defend ourselves.

Bobby Seale

Teams are coming out defending.

Kevin Elwell

That was the key. We weren't able to defend him inside. He was too big and too physical. We're not a big team and he was too much for us.

Tim Mcconnell

[Against Maryland] we didn't have much of a choice. It causes match-up problems that Maryland had to defend.

Greg Jackson

That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition.

Fernando Flores

This year he was asked to score, to rebound and defend. He was asked to do a lot of different things.

Tom Nadeau

Have a chilling effect on the willingness of competent lawyers to vigorously defend the accused in these cases.

Richard Dicker

We didn't guard the perimeter. We didn't go out to defend at the line.

Frank Sullivan

The more people we have scoring, the harder it is to defend against us. And tonight, we had a lot of people scoring.

Matt Bowling

We couldn't defend him. We couldn't get the ball around him. We couldn't pass it by him, under him, over him, around him, whatever.

Fred Booth

A commissioner said something tonight about another commissioner who does not have a chance to defend [himself]. Grow up John, grow up.

John Lucas

He (Carroll) makes them a whole different beast to defend.

Jerry Kill

It looks like a big price to pay for something that is defending their own revenue.

Greg Fraser

Since they won't tell him what he did, it's impossible for him to defend himself.

Daniel Perez

They're a hot team and the defending champions. So we have a lot to prove.

John Tavares

He's always on the offensive. He's not defending.

Bill Mayer

He was not defending himself. How could I defend myself when I didn't have a weapon? ... How is he defending himself?

Brenda Coleman

It is behavior unjustified, driven by a compelling urge to defend family.

Anthony Burton

Obviously we will vigorously defend any lawsuit against Mr. Bennett.

Gary Naftalis

We're going against the defending champs. We can go up there and shut a lot of people's mouths.

Deon Grant

We're always undersized in the post so our thinking was we had a better chance at defending on the perimeter than in the post.

Joe Legerski

Hopefully we can defend that a little bit better. But they play well and they play with a lot of emotion when they play against us. We've got to be able to beat them.

Tony Dungy

I think we're capable of having more balance, but it depends on how people defend us.

Tom Gonsalves

If we are forced, we are prepared to defend our position.

Sartaj Aziz

We've collected evidence. We're anticipating having to defend it.

Hunter Hillenmeyer

God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

Russell Crowe

We've just got to make better plays at the end, and we've got to defend better in the future.

Josh Kendrick

We talked about defending better and we came out and did it.

Frank Allocco

They've put Lance in Pandora's Box. And he can't defend himself.

Bill Stapleton

You don't really know who to defend. We're both fast, so you really don't know who to look out for. You can't spy both of us.

Steve Slaton

We intend to vigorously defend ourselves against these claims.

Elizabeth Hoff

They declared war on us. I think we're going to successfully defend ourselves. . . .I think it's going to disappear very quickly.

Fred Taylor

We haven't had to defend anything to anybody.

Ethan Coen

Hopefully, we come to play and we can defend our championship. Our team doesn't want it to end here.

Eshaunte Jones

Defend your smile and that of your loved ones.

Elian Gonzalez