Famous quotes containing the words defence and/or maintained:
“There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.”
—E.V. (Edward Verrall)
“Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)