Self Defense Quotes
165 Self Defense quotes by 111 unique authors
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It is high time for society to stop worrying about the criminal, and to let the criminal start worrying about society. And by "society" I…
— Jeff Cooper
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The way to reason with a predator is to make it aware that it can live in a cage, or it can die, but it…
— Massad Ayoob
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The religious fanatic who practices terrorism cannot be reasoned with, because there is nothing you can threaten him with, and no alternative you can offer…
— Massad Ayoob
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The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual…
— Barack Obama
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I would turn the question around to people, especially those reporters who wrote some of those articles. Are you advocating our daughters shouldn't learn self-defense?…
— Matt Shea
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Israel has the right to shell Palestinian hospitals and schools out of self defense...
— Elizabeth Warren
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Number one, we need to get in shape, number two we need to shoot, number three, we need to learn self-defense, and number four, we…
— Matt Shea
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The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only…
— Ayn Rand
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War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.
— Bill Moyers
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Murder begins where self-defense ends.
— Georg Buchner
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It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout the law. It…
— Rick Scott
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Danger, if met head on, can be nearly halved
— Winston Churchill
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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
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The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die,…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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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
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The souls now incarnating are power souls. It is a dark age. To incarnate now one needs psychic self-defense.
— Frederick Lenz
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If you just develop your psychic ability and don't learn psychic self-defense, you become more sensitive, open, and vulnerable.
— Frederick Lenz
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We all recognize that Colorado and our nation have a long and storied tradition of gun ownership for hunting, outdoor recreation and self-defense. However, I…
— Mark Udall
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When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.
— Stephen L. Carter
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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…
— Ed Gillespie
Who Wrote These Self Defense Quotes
111 authors contributed a total of 165 Self Defense Quotes, led by these top contributors: