“While we do not ask for accolades, we must defend ourselves from repeated public attacks.”
― Andrew Thomas
“You defend the truth no matter what.”
― Anibal Acevedo Vila
“To defend – it is very difficult to win two titles in a row.”
― Antonio Conte
“I have seen African countries negotiate bilaterally and within the WTO. African countries come to the WTO prepared and defend their interests with vigour.”
― Arancha Gonzalez
“What’s troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.”
― Barney Frank
“The Philippines is for the Philippines. We can defend ourselves.”
― Benigno Aquino III
“I defend non-criminal detention.”
― Benjamin Wittes
“Like many other Americans, I’m tired of the U.S. taxpayer paying for foreign wars, especially when the countries we defend have raked in huge oil profits.”
― Bob Beckel
“I am sorry that Mr. Cheney, and every other supporter of enhanced interrogation techniques, has to defend the practices as if they were torture. They are not.”
― Bret Stephens
“To defend your major is pretty tough.”
― Brooks Koepka
“All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.”
― Bruce Jackson
“I’ve always been able to defend Kanye.”
― Chance The Rapper
“I’m not a player to defend or run around. I want the ball.”
― Christian Eriksen
“I’ll let Democrats defend spending our grandchildren broke on entitlements.”
― Christopher Buckley
“It has been an honour to defend the colours of a historic club like Deportivo.”
― Clarence Seedorf
“I’m not going to defend Sen. Udall’s failed record.”
― Cory Gardner
“Think tanks do have points of view, and they are absolutely entitled to defend them.”
― David Frum
“You can’t defend the indefensible – anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.”
― Diane Abbott
“It’s the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens.”
― Ehud Barak
“I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect.”
― Emma Bonino
“I will defend Europe; it is our civilisation which is at stake… I will work to rebuild ties between Europe and its citizens.”
― Emmanuel Macron
“I will protect and defend France’s vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe.”
― Emmanuel Macron
“We haven’t had to defend anything to anybody.”
― Ethan Coen
“Whoever wants to be champions has to be able to attack and defend.”
― Fernandinho
“A writer has to fully defend his rights and his own worth.”
― Gao Xingjian
“You do not defend a world that is already lost.”
― Garet Garrett
“Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.”
― George W. Bush
“In the Franco era, we couldn’t defend our ideas.”
― Gerard Pique
“When I first came to Arsenal, I didn’t know how to defend.”
― Hector Bellerin
“The army is under orders to defend every place.”
― Helmut Kohl
“I have to defend my husband.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Israel has a right to defend itself.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Venezuela has the largest oil reserve, and Venezuela has to defend itself.”
― Hugo Chavez
“How can a country that is impoverished, humiliated and beaten defend its national interests?”
― Ivica Dacic
“Good citizens deserve the means to defend themselves.”
― Jair Bolsonaro
“As cyberweapons and cyberattacks increase in scale and intensity, it will be difficult to defend against them all.”
― James G. Stavridis
“On Putin’s order, Russian security services try to destabilize NATO allies the U.S. has sworn to defend.”
― John McCain
“If I were to believe in the stories of the of the gods, then the gods do not need mortals to defend them, do they?”
― Kamal Haasan
“Kobe Bryant should know how to defend a pick and roll.”
― Kenny Smith
“We have to defend America and be strong.”
― Kevin McCarthy
“Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.”
― Lee H. Hamilton
“Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?”
― Lillian Hellman
“Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.”
― Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“We need to defend the fruits of our land.”
― Matteo Salvini
“If you are not allowed to defend, what’s racing about, then?”
― Max Verstappen
“I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists.”
― Michael Parenti
“With the blessings of liberty, we have responsibilities to defend it.”
― Michael Reagan
“To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.”
― Michael Servetus
“I feel no compunction to defend L.A. People criticize it, and for the most part, it’s well-founded.”
― Mike D
“I do not have the luxury of deciding which provisions of the Ohio Constitution to defend.”
― Mike DeWine
“I want to reassure our NATO allies that if any of them get attacked, we’ll be there to defend them.”
― Mitch McConnell
“Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.”
― Oliver Goldsmith
“I defend peoples’ right to do that in a lawful manner, but I have not undertaken that practice myself.”
― Rick Boucher
“Art is freedom. If you defend art, you defend freedom.”
― Rithy Panh
“The federal government was created to defend the United States, not to wage war upon it.”
― Robert Zubrin
“We’re Americans. It’s a culture. We should defend that culture, and we should reinforce that culture.”
― Roger Ailes
“I did not have a reputation to defend.”
― Roman Polanski
“I defend the Brazilian people.”
― Romario
“I defend my players and coaches.”
― Ryne Sandberg
“I never defend my material. Comedy is subjective.”
― Sarah Silverman
“It means a lot to defend my title.”
― Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
“The most important thing is to defend the euro.”
― Viktor Orban
“Europe has the technology, the strategic and economic might to defend itself.”
― Viktor Orban
“We must defend what we have achieved so far.”
― Viktor Orban
“It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men.”
― Warren Farrell
“Turkey’s a NATO member. If Turkey gets attacked, we have to help defend Turkey.”
― Wesley Clark
“We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong.”
― William Westmoreland
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