A Quote by Saint Augustine

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Saint Augustine

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Saint Augustine
Roman - Saint
354 - 430

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

Charles Spurgeon

Scripture is like a lion. Who ever heard of defending a lion? Just turn it loose; it will defend itself.

Charles Spurgeon

Defend the Bible? I would as soon defend a lion! Unchain it and it will defend itself.

Charles Spurgeon

Truth is like a wild animal; let it loose and it will defend itself!

Andy Andrews

Defend the Bible? I'd sooner defend a lion. You don't defend the Bible; you open its cage and let it roar.

Charles Spurgeon

I will defend Planned Parenthood. I will defend Roe v. Wade, and I will defend women's rights to make their own health care decisions.

Hillary Clinton

When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military occupier has to defend itself against the population they are crushing. You can't defend yourself when you're militarily occupying someone else's land. That's not defense. Call it what you like, it's not defense.

Noam Chomsky

Defend the church. Defend the family. Defend the non-profit community. Defend them against a government that wants to weaken them.

Rick Santorum

I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isn't willing to defend itself.

James Carville

A society that does not defend itself is doomed. A system that remains passive in the face of attack deserves to go under. Those unwilling to defend freedom will become unfree. To stand idly by is to commit suicide.

Brian Crozier

I'm able to defend. A lot of guys don't have that willingness to defend and I think as a guard who's undersized - that's what everybody says; I'm undersized - I'm able to defend and willing to defend and bring that.

Donovan Mitchell

I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or not defend.

Sarah Silverman

Nuclear is the single greatest threat. Just to go down the list, we defend Japan, we defend Germany, we defend South Korea, we defend Saudi Arabia, we defend countries. They do not pay us. But they should be paying us, because we are providing tremendous service and we're losing a fortune. That's why we're losing - we're losing - we lose on everything. I say, who makes these - we lose on everything.

Donald Trump

Those who try to stifle the vibrancy of our democracy and shield policies from scrutiny behind a false cloak of patriotism miss the real value of what our troops defend and how we best defend our troops. We will ask questions and we will defend our democracy.