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(1954 comment on Judy Holliday) My, I like Judy Holliday! She looks like a Monet model. And she`s so -- so defenseless. I like defenseless people. They`re the best.

- Katharine Hepburn

If you really believe the number one priority of our government is the protection of our people, then the idea of being defenseless against an intercontinental ballistic missile or any other type of weapon system that puts us in jeopardy is not acceptable.

- Don Nickles

Our laws are a reflection of our culture. Our culture does not condone the torture of innocent and defenseless creatures. And we as a society believe all God`s creatures should be treated humanely.

- Joe Moore

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.

- Allison Hine

The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

- Anders Aslund

When the (depth charges) started coming down, you had to sit and take it, ... The explosions threw you about and knocked you to the floor. Switches fell off the equipment, light bulbs burst and everything would go dark. Water sprayed from leaks. You were defenseless and had to take what was coming. You certainly couldn`t take a walk in the forest to wait it out.

- Arthur Powell Davies

It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.

- Lawrence G. Lovasik