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Quotes about Defense

Truth is like a wild animal; let it loose and it will defend itself!
— Andy Andrews
I wanted my players to always be searching, especially for truth. I wanted them to know what they believed and be able to defend it. Truth will always stand the test of scrutiny.
— John Wooden
We should realize that the greatest defense we can have against the devil is to maintain an honest heart before God.
— Francis Frangipane
The most effective apologist is not one who has the greatest academic prowess alone, but the one who has excellent intellectual preparation and reflects Christ's love in every way.
— Francis J. Beckwith
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
— Henri Nouwen
All of these mental games reveal to me the fragility of my faith that I am the Beloved One on whom God's favor rests. I am so afraid of being disliked, blamed, put aside, passed over, ignored, persecuted, and killed, that I am constantly developing strategies to defend myself and thereby assure myself of the love I think I need and deserve. And in so doing I move far away from my father's home and choose to dwell in a "distant country.
— Henri Nouwen
If you cannot answer a man's argument, all it not lost; you can still call him vile names.
— Elbert Hubbard
A man can protect himself with fists or sword but his best weapon is his intellect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The other danger is that apologists put so much effort into what they do that they may end up not so much defending the faith because they believe it is true as believing the faith is true because they have worked so hard and long to defend it.
— Frederick Buechner
A wall that cannot be defended is no sooner built than ended.
— Margaret Atwood
No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.
— Calvin Coolidge
The greatest defense against the storm of lies that the enemy would use to drain every moment of joy from your life is to surround yourself with the truth of God's Word.
— Sheila Walsh