Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Ainsworth

I am extremely honoured to be the Defence Secretary, and I would not do the job if I did not think that I could make a useful contribution in the role.

Bob Ainsworth

I have always had a keen interest in defence and military history and read more on this subject than anything else.

Bob Ainsworth

Defence must be more adaptable, able to respond quickly to the changes in the security environment and the character of conflict.

Norman Schwarzkopf

The Patriot missile is a point defence missile. Point defence means that you put the missile at a location to defend a very specific target such as an airfield, a supply dump or a headquarters.

Franz Beckenbauer

The defence has to get used to playing with the goalkeeper. Jurgen is shying away from making a decision.

Franz Beckenbauer

The defence has to get used to playing with the goalkeeper.

Agatha Christie

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.

I was defence minister for a few years,

Well, you have a defence attache here, that's a step forward. Your Defence Minister has been here, our defence people have exchanges with you. So friendly relations at the military level are already in existence.

Brian O'Driscoll

You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

Douglas Hurd

It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.

John Avery

We're talking about twenty-something years of professional ball. You have seen every defence you can possibly see. Every type of athlete, every type of blitz, every type of coverage. You've seen everything.

Our goal as a defence is to go out there and dominate. I think we did that.

Part of the premium is due to its exposure to the military and defence industries.

Jonathan Swift

Perverseness is your whole defence.

Take the head off the chicken, and it runs around. The defence has been doing that way before I got here. It's just a staple. You say, 'Tampa,' and you think of defence.

Jay Weatherill

Defence is our best attack.

I think our defence probably is a little overlooked, but pitching and defence are going to win you a lot of ballgames.

Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolent defence presupposes recklessness about one's life and property.

Lawyer Milloy

We don't worry about where we finished off last year as a defence because we didn't make the playoffs.

Jeremy Corbyn

It is the right of a democratically elected parliament to act in defence of our traditional liberties, and everything should be done to keep it that way.