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They're all the same-- the cop, the criminal, the defense, the prosecutor-- they all share a fundame...

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I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense I call it intelligence.

Those of us who have seen violent death up close, who have seen what high-powered bullets can do to ...

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Massad AyoobIn the Gravest Extreme: The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection

Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with ...

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The artificial primacy of defense among our national priorities is a constant unearned windfall for ...

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Rachel MaddowDrift: The Unmooring of American Military Power

I was persisting in reading my present environment in the light of my old one.

Today we recognize that the emotion of disgust evolved as an unconscious defense against biological ...

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Steven PinkerThe Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

Standing on the defensive indicates insufficient strength; attacking, a superabundance of strength.

It's always better to attack than to defend," Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late...

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Tamora PierceAlanna: The First Adventure

We may fondly imagine that we are impartial seekers after truth, but with a few exceptions, to which...

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Constitutional democracy, you see, is no romantic notion. It's our defense against ourselves, the on...

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The reassuring smile was now useless. I was plastic. Everything was veiled. Objectivity, facts, hard...

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There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant ...

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Education is the cheap defense of nations.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the ...

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George WashingtonThe Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources 1745-1799 Volume 39 (General Index O-Z List of Letters) - Leather Bound

There are innumerable ways to murder a person, but the most subtle and pernicious of these is to mut...

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Gerry SpenceHow to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home

Defeat anger, stop using it as a shield against truth, and you will find the compassion you need to ...

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Glenn BeckThe 7: Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life

Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.

Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a prot...

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I will not debate with you Dark Elf. By the swords of the Noldor alone are your sunless woods defend...

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The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

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John LockeSome Thoughts Concerning Education