Definition of Self-Defense
Self-defense
The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.
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Self-Defense Quotations
Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.
Ron Paul
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
My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
Fred Allen
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
Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.
Susan Sontag
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
Murder begins where self-defense ends.
Georg Buchner
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
In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
Karl Liebknecht
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