defiance quotes

He stood at bold defiance with his prince; Held up the buckler of the people's cause Against the crown, and skulked behind the laws.

-John Dryden
Absalom and  Achitophel, pt.1, l.205^7.

I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of militaryauthority, because I believethattheWar isbeing deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it.

- Siegfried Louvain Sassoon
  'A Soldier's Declaration'. Statement sent to his commanding officer which was read out in the House of Commons and printed in TheTimes.