There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.
We haven't had to defend anything to anybody.
I am still not at all in favour of offering any defence. Even if the court had accepted that petition submitted by some of my co-accused regarding defence, etc., I would not have defended myself.
Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.
You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.
No one has the right to detract the attention of the nation from the defence of the country.