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Letter "D" » defend
«It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.»
Author: Alexander Solzhenitsyn
| Keywords:
defend, human right, Human rights, obligations, rights, the West, West
«I come to you with only Karate, Empty Hands. I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles, or my honor, should it be a matter of life or death, of right or wrong, then here are my weapons, Karate, my Empty Hands.»
Author: Ed Parker
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come to, Death of, defend, empty-handed, empty, forced, hands, honor, karate, life force, principles, Right or Wrong, right to life, weapons
«I do not love the bright sword for it's sharpness, nor the arrow for it's swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend»
«I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
death, defend, disapprove, disapproves, disapproving, say, Say It
«If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country.»
Author: Malcolm X
| About:
African American,
America and Americans,
Violence
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abroad, babies, black people, Black woman, defend, defending, defense, draft, drafted, drafting, drafts, In America, right here, The Draft, violent
«Happy is he who dares courageously to defend what he loves»
«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 do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Death and dying,
Words
| Keywords:
agree, agreeing, defend, Say It, word
«I disapprove of what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say it.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Right
| Keywords:
defend, disapprove, disapproves, disapproving, Say It
«It is not enough for us to prostrate ourselves under the tree which is Creation, and to contemplate its tremendous branches filled with stars. We have a duty to perform, to work upon the human soul, to defend the mystery against the miracle, to worship the incomprehensible while rejecting the absurd; to accept, in the inexplicable, only what is necessary; to dispel the superstitions that surround religion --to rid God of His Maggots.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| Keywords:
absurd, branches, contemplate, defend, dispel, dispelling, human soul, incomprehensible, inexplicable, perform, prostrate, prostrated, prostrates, prostrating, Rejecting, rid, superstitions, surround, The Miracle, tree branch, tremendous, worship
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