Definition of Self-Defense

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Definition of Self-Defense
	Self-defense The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation. Related Definitions: Act, Defending, Of, One, Or, Own, Person, Property, Reputation, The

Self-Defense Quotations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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