The home to everyone
The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose. Edward Coke
Defence
The unbought grace of
The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone! Edmund Burke
The unbought grace of
The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise isgone! it isgone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. … Read more
Education is a nation\\’s
Education is a nation’s cheapest defence Edmund Burke
It would indeed be
It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile. Earl Warren
It is the duty
It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and… we need a quarter of a million men. Eamon de Valera
There can be no
There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. E. V. Lucas
The consequence is that
The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack. Friedrich Nietzsche
The distribution of troops
The distribution of troops devoted to the defence of a place includes a garrison, an occupying force, numerically as weak as possible; a reserve as strong as possible, designed for counterattacking and for providing itself, at the moment it goes into action, with a security service which will guard it from any possible surprise. Ferdinand … Read more
Men like Hitler and
Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified by the accepted values of that time. Douglas Hurd