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Self-Defense Quotes

Self-defense Definition

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.
John Adams

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.
Gloria Steinem

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
George Orwell

I only direct in self-defense.
Mel Brooks

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.
Loretta Young

In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
Karl Liebknecht

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.
Ron Paul

Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.
Susan Sontag

Murder begins where self-defense ends.
Georg Buchner

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
Fred A. Allen

The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
Ida B. Wells

The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage.
Gwen Ifill

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.
Bill Moyers

When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11.
Ed Gillespie

When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.
Stephen Carter

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