Self defense Quotes · Page 4

Know what is behind you, and pay particular attention to anything out of place.

— Jeff Cooper

The world is a scary place. Even my mother has suggested I take a self defense class.

— Iliza Shlesinger

For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

— Thomas Jefferson

The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“We don’t like it when women get uppity.” “Well,” she said, “that is a bit of a problem, as I am feeling…

— Sarah MacLean

“An investigator has to have a defense arsenal. Heck, every woman alive should have one if she wants to stay that way.”

— Deb Baker

Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it

— Douglas William Jerrold

Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.

— Benjamin Franklin

The need for self-defense naturally exists outside and inside the home, I would hold the 2nd Amendment applies outside the home.

— Thomas Hardiman

I've always wanted to take self-defense classes and I never did, for whatever reason. I don't know why. I don't know if…

— Zoey Deutch

If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear…

— Jeff Cooper

I've always been into sports and yoga and running. I actually study a martial arts self-defense program called Krav Maga. I can't…

— Kari Matchett

It's a matter of will. If you know that you can keep your head, and that you must keep your head, you…

— Jeff Cooper

I'd definitely like to work with women and children with domestic violence and broken homes... What better way is there to do…

— Tecia Torres

The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of…

— Gwen Ifill

If you just develop your psychic ability and don't learn psychic self-defense, you become more sensitive, open, and vulnerable.

— Frederick Lenz

A half century ago Herbert Wechsler could justify the legal right of deadly force self-defense in terms of the "universal judgment that…

— Don Kates

“In fact, private citizens legally use firearms in self-defense 800,000 to two and one half million times a year according to a…

— Jon Gutmacher

The religious fanatic who practices terrorism cannot be reasoned with, because there is nothing you can threaten him with, and no alternative…

— Massad Ayoob

“Self-defense isn’t a one-stop shop that will make her invincible, but I’m hoping I can light a fire inside her to maybe…

— Aly Martinez

“A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble." She reached deep into her pocket and brought out…

— Patrick Rothfuss

If you want to find weapons of destruction, you can find them all over the place. Take, say, Israel. There is a…

— Noam Chomsky

"What would I do if?.." By thinking tactically, we can more easily arrive at correct tactical solutions, and practice - even theoretical…

— Jeff Cooper

It's better to avoid than to run; better to run than to de-escalate; better to de-escalate than to fight; better to fight…

— Rory Miller

The essential thing is to bear always in mind that trouble can appear at any time. Be aware.Be ready.Be alert.

— Jeff Cooper

The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him.

— Jeff Cooper

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

— Ron Paul

In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.

— Dean Koontz

I learned the technology and tradecraft of electronic security in self defense, with a lot of expert help.

— Barton Gellman

If I learn 1,000 techniques with my luck I'll go out on the street and be attacked by number 1,001.

— Martin J. Whitman

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

— Bill Moyers

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

— Gloria Steinem

It is much easier and safer to scare someone into submission than to beat them into submission.

— Rory Miller

“When dragons attack, the only thing you should seek to stand behind is your own sword.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“It is important for long-range stability that peaceful countries be well armed and well organized in self-defense.”

— Freeman Dyson

You do not have the right to take another human's life, unless it's in strict self-defense.

— Michael Moore

Nothing is more harmful to the world than a martial art that is not effective in actual self-defense.

— Motobu Choki

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

— Fred Allen

“Be careful with your knives baby, use them before anyone can use them against you." Nan-The Otherside”

— Ashley Jeffery

Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision.

— Jeff Cooper