Self Defence Quotes

19 quotes by 19 authors

The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time… — Benazir Bhutto
All knives and forks were working away at a rate that was quite alarming; very few words were spoken; and everybody seemed to eat his… — Charles Dickens
Daughters could survive a powerful mother, but boys found it almost impossible. Such boys were often severely damaged and spent the rest of their lives… — Alexander McCall Smith
Self-defence, self-confidence, discipline and self control. The values you learn are priceless. — Rickson Gracie
The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die. — Mahatma Gandhi
No war ought ever to be undertaken but under circumstances which render all intercourse of courtesy between the combatants impossible. It is a bad thing… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. — Imelda Marcos
A decent government with an effective, but not gratuitously violent, police force and a fair court system are essential. This deters and incapacitates psychopaths, bullies… — Steven Pinker
Legitimate steps of self-defence which Israel takes in its war against Palestinian terror - actions which any sovereign state is obligated to undertake to ensure… — Ariel Sharon
Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me. — Brooke Shields
Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. — Susan Sontag
All of the Ten Commandments that are good were old; all that were new art foolish. If Jehovah had been civilized he would have left… — Robert Green Ingersoll
If she and Sam ever had kids, they'd be gluten-intolerant out of self-defence. — Maggie Stiefvater
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
A people morally and intellectually equal to self-government must also be equal in self-defence. — Jefferson Davis
But to cut off relations with an aggressor may often invite retaliation by armed action, and this would, in its turn, make necessary some form… — Arthur Henderson
It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq. — Douglas Hurd
I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of killing any animal. — Morarji Desai
Self-defence is Nature's eldest law. — John Dryden

Who Wrote These Self Defence Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 19 Self Defence Quotes as follows: