Defense Quotes

You know, one thing I've learned over 40 years is that when you have jobs in Washington, you do it day by day and that's what I'm doing as secretary of defense.

When I come off the bench, I'm looking to add energy, and then I play defense and rebound. Also, at the end of the game, I have the experience to go out there and help us win.

The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.

The other thing was that when I was at the University of Miami, we ran a pro-style offense and defense. I started each year by going to a pro training camp, I visited with various pro coaches, and I did this for five years.

The job of the government isn't to go around and try and make people sacrifice, it's to try and make people free. The reason why we have a national defense is to protect our freedoms.

I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, 'Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person be convicted.'

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation.

Extol Jewish virtue, modern Zionism and the Israeli Defense Forces.

When men talk about defense, they always claim to be protecting women and children, but they never ask the women and children what they think.

The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.

Being briefed only once is a quaint defense. You're either briefed or not briefed.

My mental approach is totally different. My coach predicated everything on defense. He always talked about defense, defense, defense. I took it to heart that if you play defense, you can take the heart from an offensive player.

The Defense Department must do a better job of providing the best possible care for service women who are victims of sexual assault.

But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.

There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.

Several other aerospace and defense firms have announced plans to build facilities in north Mississippi in recent weeks. They join an impressive group of high-tech companies already doing business in our region.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

More and more major businesses and industries are being run on software and delivered as online services - from movies to agriculture to national defense.

A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

Right is its own defense.

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity.

The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people.

We intend to keep the lines of communication open with the Defense Department so we can help our border law enforcement agencies navigate the equipment application process.

For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.

I think we should be looking at the defense and seeing where we can actually be more efficient because I think that, you know, sometimes during the contracting process, we lose some efficiencies in that regard.

We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads, but we need to do a lot more work in order to be - to deploy a system that'll defend the United States against those kinds of limited strikes that might be possible by a nuclear armed North Korea or Iran.