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I think it will be useful to us for the world to know that, first of all, we're going to protect ourselves, we're going to defend ourselves. – Defense Secretary Ash Carter	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It violates our personal property rights and tramples all over it, it’s going to be costly to defend in court. – Commerce Bradley Jackson	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We've been good at defending the Second Amendment, but I also want to defend the Fourth Amendment, i believe in the right to privacy. – Ron Paul	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
In Florida you can defend yourself anywhere you have a legal right to be, you shouldn't have to choose between being attacked and going to jail. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We need a national defense robust enough to defend against all attacks, modern enough to deter all enemies and nimble enough to defend our vital interests, but we also need a foreign policy that protects American interests and encourages stability, not chaos. – Rand Paul	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The enemy is radical Islam and not only will I name the enemy, I will do whatever it takes to defend America from these haters of mankind, i envision an America with a national defense unparalleled, undefeatable, and unencumbered by overseas nation building. – Ron Paul	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I want to be ready to defend my family, my relatives, from danger. – Mateusz Warszczak	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We do not feel fully safe, many people ... want to be trained to defend their homes, their work places, their families. – Wojciech Klukowski	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Everyone should be willing and ready to fight to defend his country. – Krystian Studnia	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I believe our country is in crisis and I think it's incumbent on people of faith to stand up and defend our values. – Ted Cruz	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Primary and especially secondary education is extremely important in preventing trafficking, it allows children to develop critical thinking skills to be able to defend themselves from traffickers and to have the skills that will enable them to have gainful employment to be able to support their families in other ways than being sexually exploited. – Mira Sorvino	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I think they have put themselves in pretty good shape to go to that community and defend the deal. They ended up with a lot more than most of us were expecting. – Jim Walsh	Found on CNN 9 years ago
At this point it feels to me not a matter of assuaging wounded feelings, but a matter of deliberately trying to silence and even threaten pretty much the only Jewish professor on campus who openly advocates for Israel, israel had the right to defend itself from the violence posed to it as an individual would have the right to defend himself from the violence that would be posed to it from a pit bull. – Andrew Pessin Andrew Pessin	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Israel had the right to defend itself from the violence posed to it as an individual would have the right to defend himself from the violence that would be posed to it from a pit bull. – Andrew Pessin Andrew Pessin	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We are reinforcing our guard, we will continue to defend the right of the islanders to determine their future and to maintain their way of life against whatever threats may arise. – Defence Secretary Michael Fallon	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are disappointed that some secret relationship between UANI and the government allows UANI to hide from disclosing that association or to defend what has now been proven to be its false and defamatory allegations directed at Mr. Restis and his company, we are concerned that, in our court system, such a result could occur on the basis of sealed, one-sided filings and meetings in which we were not allowed to participate. – Victor Restis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Sierra Leoneans want to express themselves clearly that they will not sit back and allow anybody to tamper with the constitution that we have strived so hard with our blood and limbs to protect and to defend over the years. – Banja Tejan-Sie	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Should these trends continue, over time NORAD will face increased risk in our ability to defend North America against Russian cruise missile threats. – William Gortney	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It's a cowardly attack mainly targeting the economy of Tunisia, we should unite to defend our country. – Prime Minister Habib Essid	Found on CNN 9 years ago
In a stunning display of protecting abortion at all costs, the U.S. Senate failed to defend victims—women and little girls—of sex trafficking, the abortion lobby and their allies in the Senate should be ashamed of themselves. – Kristan Hawkins	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
If we're going to have a lower (defense) number than the president of the United States is proposing, we have no credibility on saying that we are committed to defending this nation -- not when every service chief, every witness before our committee says it will devastate ... our ability to defend the nation, you can't do that and claim that you care about national defense. – John McCain	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We need more to be able to defend ourselves and protect our soldiers. We need radar reconnaissance, drones, radio and night-vision equipment. I am going to talk to the Chancellor about this, it's not about weapons of attack -- we don't want to attack anyone. – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I envisioned that I would have to defend every single word in there, it's one reason there are very few adjectives. – Lawrence Wright	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Neither one gives clear-cut authority to y'all's being able to defend the train-and-equip program against Assad's assault, that's my understanding. – Bob Corker	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

I think it will be useful to us for the world to know that, first of all, we're going to protect ourselves, we're going to defend ourselves.

– Defense Secretary Ash Carter

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It violates our personal property rights and tramples all over it, it’s going to be costly to defend in court.

– Commerce Bradley Jackson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We've been good at defending the Second Amendment, but I also want to defend the Fourth Amendment, i believe in the right to privacy.

– Ron Paul

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

In Florida you can defend yourself anywhere you have a legal right to be, you shouldn't have to choose between being attacked and going to jail.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We need a national defense robust enough to defend against all attacks, modern enough to deter all enemies and nimble enough to defend our vital interests, but we also need a foreign policy that protects American interests and encourages stability, not chaos.

– Rand Paul

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The enemy is radical Islam and not only will I name the enemy, I will do whatever it takes to defend America from these haters of mankind, i envision an America with a national defense unparalleled, undefeatable, and unencumbered by overseas nation building.

– Ron Paul

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I want to be ready to defend my family, my relatives, from danger.

– Mateusz Warszczak

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We do not feel fully safe, many people ... want to be trained to defend their homes, their work places, their families.

– Wojciech Klukowski

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Everyone should be willing and ready to fight to defend his country.

– Krystian Studnia

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I believe our country is in crisis and I think it's incumbent on people of faith to stand up and defend our values.

– Ted Cruz

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Primary and especially secondary education is extremely important in preventing trafficking, it allows children to develop critical thinking skills to be able to defend themselves from traffickers and to have the skills that will enable them to have gainful employment to be able to support their families in other ways than being sexually exploited.

– Mira Sorvino

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I think they have put themselves in pretty good shape to go to that community and defend the deal. They ended up with a lot more than most of us were expecting.

– Jim Walsh

Found on CNN
9 years ago

At this point it feels to me not a matter of assuaging wounded feelings, but a matter of deliberately trying to silence and even threaten pretty much the only Jewish professor on campus who openly advocates for Israel, israel had the right to defend itself from the violence posed to it as an individual would have the right to defend himself from the violence that would be posed to it from a pit bull.

– Andrew Pessin Andrew Pessin

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Israel had the right to defend itself from the violence posed to it as an individual would have the right to defend himself from the violence that would be posed to it from a pit bull.

– Andrew Pessin Andrew Pessin

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We are reinforcing our guard, we will continue to defend the right of the islanders to determine their future and to maintain their way of life against whatever threats may arise.

– Defence Secretary Michael Fallon

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We are disappointed that some secret relationship between UANI and the government allows UANI to hide from disclosing that association or to defend what has now been proven to be its false and defamatory allegations directed at Mr. Restis and his company, we are concerned that, in our court system, such a result could occur on the basis of sealed, one-sided filings and meetings in which we were not allowed to participate.

– Victor Restis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Sierra Leoneans want to express themselves clearly that they will not sit back and allow anybody to tamper with the constitution that we have strived so hard with our blood and limbs to protect and to defend over the years.

– Banja Tejan-Sie

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Should these trends continue, over time NORAD will face increased risk in our ability to defend North America against Russian cruise missile threats.

– William Gortney

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's a cowardly attack mainly targeting the economy of Tunisia, we should unite to defend our country.

– Prime Minister Habib Essid

Found on CNN
9 years ago

In a stunning display of protecting abortion at all costs, the U.S. Senate failed to defend victims—women and little girls—of sex trafficking, the abortion lobby and their allies in the Senate should be ashamed of themselves.

– Kristan Hawkins

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

If we're going to have a lower (defense) number than the president of the United States is proposing, we have no credibility on saying that we are committed to defending this nation -- not when every service chief, every witness before our committee says it will devastate ... our ability to defend the nation, you can't do that and claim that you care about national defense.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We need more to be able to defend ourselves and protect our soldiers. We need radar reconnaissance, drones, radio and night-vision equipment. I am going to talk to the Chancellor about this, it's not about weapons of attack -- we don't want to attack anyone.

– Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I envisioned that I would have to defend every single word in there, it's one reason there are very few adjectives.

– Lawrence Wright

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Neither one gives clear-cut authority to y'all's being able to defend the train-and-equip program against Assad's assault, that's my understanding.

– Bob Corker

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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