Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.
When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it.
A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it's the humanitarian principle he's defending, I suppose.
The biggest problem I have in journalism is being quoted or misquoted and then being asked to defend something I haven't said.
We best defend the Lord's glory by speaking first TO Him about unbelieving men rather than speaking first ABOUT Him to unbelieving men.
In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.
If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.
Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries.
I don't know of any case that involves computer hacking where there were multiple defendants charged where there wasn't an informant on the case.
Defender of the Laws of Time, Protector of the Galaxy, and the biggest back-rub slut she’d ever seen. [Sam Jones, on the Eighth Doctor]
I am not superior than anybody, don't say i am, else i won't defend you when you get caught.
And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.
The anguish in London is a vivid reminder of why we cannot relent in taking the steps necessary to defend our homeland from the present terrorist threat.
I will continue to defend Najaf as it is the holiest place. I will remain in the city until the last drop of my blood has been spilled.
I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.
The Democrats just don't have a foreign policy that they're willing to defend, that they're willing to use to take down the president's. We're dealing with the power of suggestion here.
I thank God tonight for freedom - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future.
