“I'm not defending their views. I'm defending their right to have their views. There's a difference.”
“I'm not being defensive, I'm just defending myself.”
“Defending your point of view while knowing that you are wrong is just like a person whose wisdom is being obstructed by his arrogance”
“I believe the defenders of intelligent design deserve our gratitude for challenging a scientific world view that owes some of the passion displayed by its adherents precisely to the fact that it is thought to liberate us from religion. That world view is ripe for displacement....”
“We have a right to defend ourselves, but we don't have a right toaggress.”
“I'm not a little woman you need to defend.' His face hardened. 'That's exactly what you are: you're my little woman and I'm not having you sacrifice yourself for me.”