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Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life. -- Rafael Correa
Yes, Socialists should defend their country in great historical crises. -- Karl Liebknecht
A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior. -- Vinoba Bhave
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -- Edward Abbey
I have scored against every team, every country, every defender in the world. -- Romario
How can a country that is impoverished, humiliated and beaten defend its national interests? -- Ivica Dacic
We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong. -- William Westmoreland
To defend a country you need an army, but to defend a civilization you need education. -- Jonathan Sacks
Each had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had done their duty. -- Ernst Toller
Human dignity is independent of national borders. We must always defend the interests of the poor and the persecuted in other countries. -- Kjell Magne Bondevik
We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country. -- Ronald Reagan
Then, in that hour of deliverance, my heart spoke. Does not such a country, and such defenders of their country, deserve a song? -- Francis Scott Key
It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country. -- Kim Young-sam
I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this country. -- Scott Ritter
Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers. -- Tecumseh
This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story. -- Neil Young
People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying their country. -- Norman Finkelstein
We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the Constitution. -- Ted Cruz
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. -- Samuel Adams
Many of Bush's defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I'm perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics. -- Bill Kristol
When defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great. -- Ronald Reagan
Roosevelt understands that there are things that are worth surrendering your career for, like defending the country against [Adolf] Hitler. -- Michael Beschloss
The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan. -- Abdallah II
What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war. -- Timothy Noah

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