The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

When you took your seat I felt as if a woman had come into my bathroom and I had only the sponge to defend myself.

If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be.

There is nothing so exhilarating as to be shot at and missed.