The consequence is that every man comes to know himself solely in terms of his power for defence and attack.
I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
One of the marked characteristics of the U. K. security industry as compared with defence is the lack of company scale. This can put our firms at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to big contracts.
To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest gust; But, in defence, by mercy, 'tis most just.
It is of major importance for the future of our country that through his defence and the fact he died without being convicted, Milosevic had managed to defend national and state interest.
Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense.
I could give examples of cabinet ministers, including defence ministers, who have no technological culture at all. In other words, what I am suggesting is that the hype generated by the publicity around the Internet and so on is not counter balanced by a political intelligence that is based on a technological culture.
There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties with guys like Michael Chang and Andre Agassi because their returns were so good and they played so well in defence.
I make terrible jokes every time I go into a hospital. I think it's a defence mechanism.
The army will hear nothing of politics from me and in return I expect to hear nothing of politics from the army.
The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people.
Experience informs us that the first defence of weak minds is to recriminate.
What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?
Defence is our best attack.
There is no question of defence. I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience. I have nothing with which to reproach myself.
If the basis of trust between the Prime Minister and her Defence Secretary no longer exists, there is no place for me with honour in such a Cabinet.
Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God, to whom we declare all our miseries, whose support and help we implore and desire in our adversities, and whom we laud and praise for our benefits received. So that prayer contains the exposition of our sorrows, the desire of God's defence, and the praising of His magnificent name, as the Psalms of David clearly do teach.
If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships
I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels like I knew I was going to be famous and I knew that an element of that would be traumatic, so that if I could make myself something big and otherworldly, it would be a kind of defence.