State Defence Order

Famous quotes containing the words state, defence and/or order:

    A state always calls itself fatherland when it is ready for murder.
    Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)

    There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
    —E.V. (Edward Verrall)

    When a person hasn’t in him that which is higher and stronger than all external influences, it is enough for him to catch a good cold in order to lose his equilibrium and begin to see an owl in every bird, to hear a dog’s bark in every sound.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)