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:
“To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defence against that hardship. This is what is meant by accepting suffering.... Those who, by their very nature, can suffer completely, utterly, have an advantage. That is how we can disarm the power of suffering, make it our own creation, our own choice; submit to it. A justification for suicide.”
—Cesare Pavese (1908–1950)
“Parental attitudes have greater correlation with pupil achievement than material home circumstances or variations in school and classroom organization, instructional materials, and particular teaching practices.”
—Children and Their Primary Schools, vol. 1, ch. 3, Central Advisory Council for Education, London (1967)