“In self-defence, you know, all life eventually accommodates itself to its environment, and human life is no exception.” — Jacob Riis Copy Share Image
“If a negative viewer looks at you with an ugly fiendish eye, find a way and pluck off his eyes, or better… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
People forget that boxing is the art of self-defence - ideally, hit and not be hit - and maybe we should all… — Amir Khan Copy Share Image
All I can say is we will fully utilise our right to self-defence. No one can just do what they want on… — Amit Shah Copy Share Image
It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq. — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
Self-defence helps with your confidence, and if you ever find yourself in that type of situation, you are more physically capable. — Cobie Smulders Copy Share Image
Individual civil disobedience was everybody's inherent right, like the right of self-defence in normal life. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I remember taking a self-defence class when I was 16, and of course I don't remember any of it. — Cobie Smulders Copy Share Image
“If you still have your trigger finger And your punching fists Your township mob justice Your mothers with whistles Your seven-month self-defence… — Nkateko Masinga Copy Share Image
This arrogance thing... I've had that my whole life. I flip between, 'Oh really? Oh, thank you. Wow. That's amazing' and, 'Yeah!… — James Corden Copy Share Image
[Somali maritime violence] is a response to greedy Western nations, who invade and exploit Somalia's water resources illegally. It is not a… — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
The academic mind, as we know, is sometimes capable of assuming an aggressive attitude. The official mind, on the contrary, is and… — Ronald Fisher Copy Share Image
The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
By his willingly renouncing self-defence, the Christian affirms his absolute adherence to Jesus, and his freedom from the tyranny of his own… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Should we choose to extend our airstrikes into Syria, we will be doing this in the collective self-defence of Iraq. We would… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
In their pure form, the martial arts demand the intense awareness of the meditative mind, and have nothing to do with anger… — David Fontana Copy Share Image
I always make it a rule to let the other fellow fire first. If a man wants to fight, I argue the… — Ben Thompson Copy Share Image
Whether it is under the guise of survival and self-defence or directly expressed through dominion and greed, the failure to recognize the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
No war ought ever to be undertaken but under circumstances which render all intercourse of courtesy between the combatants impossible. It is… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
All knives and forks were working away at a rate that was quite alarming; very few words were spoken; and everybody seemed… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It would have been very alarming - morally, and in other ways too - if an attack of that nature, the 11… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Daughters could survive a powerful mother, but boys found it almost impossible. Such boys were often severely damaged and spent the rest… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world not destitute of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“Quick, I told myself. Try to remember what you learned from Jimbo's Self Defence for Young Ladies. Jimbo was a beefy man… — The Harvard Lampoon Copy Share Image
“If it is legitimate to kill in self-defence then it must be equally legitimate to steal in self-defence” — Agona Apell Copy Share Image
The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nonviolence becomes meaningless if violence is permitted for self-defence. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Be grateful for the life of those who mass up challenges on the paths to your fulfillment. At least they taught you… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I can't bear to be on a train without a book", she announced. " It's a form of self-defence in a way" . — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Arms, like laws, discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe and preserve order... — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
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