The middlegame I repeat
The middlegame I repeat is chess itself, chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc. Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Defence
What astounds me about
What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years. Ernest Bevin
The artist, who must
The artist, who must venture into the studio and risk there, and then venture into the marketplace and risk again, is obliged to learn how her defences work, so that she can drop and raise her guard instantly. Eric Maisel
The Prime Minister, shortly
The Prime Minister, shortly after she came into office, received a sobriquet as the ‘Iron Lady’. It arose in the context of remarks which she made about defence against the Soviet Union and its allies; but there was no reason to suppose that the Right Honourable Lady did not welcome and, indeed, take pride in … Read more
When Alekhine recognizes the
When Alekhine recognizes the weakness in his position he has a tendency to become very aggressive. Patient defence is not for him if he can see the slightest chance of creating an attack. Yet sound strategy often demands that you submit to the opponent’s will so as to strengthen your weaknesses and get rid of … Read more
He could not forget
He could not forget the touch of her arms around his neck, impatiently felt as it had been at the time; but now the recollection of her clinging defence of him, seemed to thrill him through and through,—to melt away every resolution, all power of self-control, as if it were wax before a fire. Elizabeth … Read more
There is no security
There is no security for any power unless it be a security in which its neighbours have an equal share. Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
[But] the man who
[But] the man who dares not expose his life in the defence of his children and his property, has lost in society the first and most active energies of nature. Edward Gibbon
God bless the Union;
God bless the Union; – it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence. Edward Everett
My wealth is health
My wealth is health and perfect ease; My conscience clear my chief defence; I neither seek by bribes to please, Nor by deceit to breed offence. Thus do I live; thus will I die. Would all did so well as I! Edward Dyer