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"I would not defend those sanctions.
After The Poetry of the Blues (1963), his bestseller, he looked again at The Country Blues and found it, as he told me, "purple, romantic, exaggerated … I would not defend many of the things I said there.
"I would not defend him if I had even a faint thread of suspicion, because this is about the reputation of a movement," he said, referring to Mr. Sadr's movement.
Having at last sat down to see this contentious opus, I would not defend its right to exist – not because, like Joyce's Ulysses, it is a great work that makes the weightiest prosecutor look a fool, but because it is just too crummy to be concerned about.
While I would not defend all of the government's actions in its battle against a hostile, politicized media, I think human rights organizations that grossly exaggerate and misrepresent what is going on in Ecuador undermine their own credibility – even if they can get away with it in the mainstream US media.
"I would not defend to the death his right to have these views, because I am annoyed that a man of such obvious ability and intelligence should hold them". I've always wanted to hear someone deliberately misquote Voltaire in this way: "I disapprove of what you say but, by God sir, I will defend to the death my right to smash you in the face for saying it". It would be so much more sincere.
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If I'd been learning about horrifying and indefensible actions unfold in the company where I was the Minister of Culture, I wouldn't defend the wrongdoing.
I'd always maintained a Hall & Oates playlist on every iPod, and often during poker games, I'd irritate folks with the dulcet sounds of "One On One" or "Sara Smiles," but if you attacked Daryl & John, I wouldn't defend.
The Justice Department said it would not defend the law in the two challenges pending in the courts within the jurisdiction of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Usually the administration would defend the government's position, but Team Obama decided it would not defend Doma and supports those challenging the law.
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