Defence Council

Defence Council may refer to:

  • Croatian Defence Council, the main military formation of the Croats during the Bosnian War charged with achieving military objectives
  • Defence Council of the United Kingdom, the body legally entrusted with the defence of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories
  • Provisional National Defence Council, the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown on the previous election

Famous quotes containing the words defence and/or council:

    “He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to “Defender of the Faith,” than George the Third.”
    —Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

    “There by some wrinkled stones round a leafless tree
    With beards askew, their eyes dull and wild
    Twelve ragged men, the council of charity
    Wandering the face of the earth a fatherless child....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)