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We are a nation of politicians, concerned about the outmost defenses only of freedom. It is our children's children who may perchance be really free.
- Henry David Thoreau
Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
- 2 Chronicles 32:4
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
- Job 13:12
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
- Isaiah 2:15
He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
- Isaiah 22:8
Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
- Jeremiah 6:5
Satan never wastes a fiery dart on an area covered in armor.
- Beth Moore
One of our most important defenses against satanic influence will be learning how to behave out of what we know is truth rather than what we feel. Satan's desire is to modify human behavior to accomplish his unholy purposes.
- Beth Moore
Kenric grabbed her arms and pulled her closer, shaking her once. "I've told you it will make no difference! Why are you doing this?" "Because I love you," she whispered brokenly. Those were the words. Of any she could have said to him, those were the only ones that could crumble his defenses. He'd heard them too often in his mind, certain she would never think to use them as a weapon. They sliced through him as cleanly as the sharpest knife.
- Elisabeth Elliot