Defense Quotes
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Last year they came in and won the game; that's how I would define it. Revenge is never on our mind. What's on our mind is playing defense, rebounding, taking care of the ball, and running our transition game.
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As militias go, the Ohio Defense Force is on the moderate side.
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The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.
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Our allies are not paying their fair share... The countries we are defending must pay for the cost of this defense, and if not, the U.S. must be prepared to let these countries defend themselves. We have no choice.
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Patriotism and loyalty in defense of the Constitution of the United States is constantly enjoined upon us. President McKay again this morning has made reference to the cause of liberty in his remarks. To be effective in such teaching, we must begin by inspiring in each heart the faith that the Constitution of the United States was written by inspired men whom God raised up for that very purpose.
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It's not typically possible in your Craftsman bungalow to do that. It's a big headache for a judge -- a bigger headache than the advantage to the defense would seem to justify.
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I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.
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Democrats need to be careful about how they proceed. If they come across as weak on national defense, an issue where the president is strong ... they will pay a price.
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“Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.”
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We hate to give up any touchdown. We messed up. We were not in the correct defense and we didn't line up the right way.
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Our funding is based on our support of ideas like limited government, individual rights and a strong defense.
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“Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn’t working.”
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For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy. We must do more than return to that sensible, cooperative approach.
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They still have the defense as their calling card, but they have released and liberated the offense.
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I think Vince helped us out a lot. The defense has to be very leery of his attacking ability. When he was in the game, it seemed like the defense played a little loose.
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With the comeback of the 3-4 defense, like with Ray Lewis in Baltimore, they've had to learn to play a totally different game. And nobody plays all the time, so obviously they aren't going to have the same impact.
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Our defense has always been what's helped us turn things around throughout the year.
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I think there's a vast difference between the Big12 and some of the other major conferences. I think it is tougher to score in this conference, just because of the emphasis on defense.
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... the habit of literature [is] the best defense against believing the half-truths of ideologues and the lies of demagogues.
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We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we can do, but God wants us to pray before we do anything at all. Most of us would prefer, however, to spend our time doing something that will get immediate results. We don't want to wait for God to resolve matters in His good time because His idea of 'good time' is seldom in sync with ours.
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We've got to stop worrying about the offense, too. Our biggest concern should be our defense.
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I was born very, very lazy and I don't always practice very long. but I must say, in my defense, that it is not so good, in a musical way, to overpractice. When you do, the music seems to come out of your pocket. If you play with a feeling of 'Oh, I know this,' you play without that little drop of fresh blood that is necessary – and the audience feels it.
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In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.
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Yes, we didn't do this -- we didn't produce these videotapes on time. My letter to Sen. Thompson made clear we should have found them. But the one thing that is absolutely clear is that the only pattern here is not one of incompetence -- and we don't make an incompetence defense -- the pattern here is one of an ongoing intensive day-to-day effort to try to meet the committee's needs and that is the only pattern a fair reader can see.
