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"An incompetent attorney can delay a trial for months or years. A competent attorney can delay one even longer." »Evelle J. Younger
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"...it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor." »Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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"Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order." »Albert Einstein
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"As your attorney i advise you to take a hit out of the small brown bottle in my shaving kit." »Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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"Who are you going to shoot joking with attorney General Richard Kleindienst about creating an opening on the Supreme court" »Richard Milhous Nixon
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"A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you.
Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut)." »Frank Mankiewicz
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"The best defense against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off." »Anonymous
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"Religion is a defense against the experience of God." »Carl Jung
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"Humor is just another defense against the universe." »Mel Brooks
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"Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused." »King Charles I
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"The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders." »Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
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"We [Jews] have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity" »Albert Einstein
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"A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense." »American Proverb
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"Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its one sure defense." »Mark Twain
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"It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country." »Homer
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"My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense." »Fred Allen
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"The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife." »Elbert Hubbard
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"A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles." »Mignon McLaughlin
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"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense" »Patrick Henry
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"If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense." »Holly Lisle
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"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." »Barry Goldwater
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"For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments." »James Brady
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"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." »Barry Goldwater
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"Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense." »Mark A. Overby
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"Invincibility lies in the defense the possibility of victory in the attack. One defends when his strength is inadequate he attacks when it is abundant." »Sun-tzu
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"I do borrow from other writers, shamelessly I can only say in my defense, like the woman brought before the judge on a charge of kleptomania, I do steal, but, your Honor, only from the very best stores." »Thornton
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"Power in defense of freedom is greater than power on behalf of tyranny and oppression." »Malcolm X
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"Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this, hath no man." »Marcus Aelius Aurelius
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"If Abu Nidal is a terrorist, then so is George Washington. (Reply to President Ronald Reagan in defense of Palestinian terrorist)" »Muammar Qaddafi
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"Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can complel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." »Dwight D Eisenhower
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