Defends Quotes
On loyalty, self-preservation, and standing one's ground.
These lines cover very different kinds of defense: an organism defending itself instinctively, a report so long it defends itself against ever being read, and a true friend who defends courageously without hesitation. One sample turns critical, describing a justice system that defends the accused instead of the vulnerable, a concern explored further in People quotes.
A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
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A mother defends herself with a heart filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.
Able Quotes
Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium.
I keep wondering who defends Quebec identity: who defends sovereignty, the right of the people to express themselves freely.
The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
When the state machinery defends criminals and the public prosecutors collude with the accused in certain cases and the victims are members of a particular community, then 'Justice to all' is empty rhetoric.
Difficult Quotes
In 2012, the Liberal Party affirmed overwhelmingly at the policy convention that we are a pro-choice party. It means that we are a party that defends women's rights, and therefore, it would be inconsistent for any Liberal MP to be...
To me, it's a heroic attribute to be so committed to a principle that you apply it, not when it's easy, not when it supports your position, not when it protects people you like, but when it defends and protects...
When the opposition sits back and defends well and together, it's difficult.
I have faced many, but the most annoying was James Milner. He follows you forward and follows you backwards. It's very difficult because he attacks you and defends you, and then attacks you and defends you again.
He Quotes
For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control.
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.
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Together they treat 'defends' as both instinct and moral choice, sometimes admirable and sometimes deeply troubling. For related reflections on hardship, see Difficult quotes.
