Self Defense Quotes

165 Self Defense quotes by 111 unique authors

All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of sympathy… — Steven Erikson
Iâ€™m instantly mortified by my fat, uncontrollable mouth, but thatâ€™s when it occurs to me that my humor is a self-defense mechanism. Even though I… — Jen Lancaster
Self-defense is not just a set of techniques; itâ€™s a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending. — Rorion Gracie
No intelligent man has ever lost a fight to someone who said 'I'm gonna kick your ass'. — Rory Miller
It is much easier and safer to scare someone into submission than to beat them into submission. — Rory Miller
A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. — Woody Allen
For us to ignore by inaction the slaughter of American civilians and American soldiers, whether in nightclubs or airline terminals, is simply not in the… — Ronald Reagan
When your purpose and your occupation is giving confidence to people, teaching self defense, giving empowerment, teaching a positive lifestyle to other people, you tend… — Rener Gracie
Part of why I was attracted to the idea of owning a gun was self-defense, and part of it was that I've been fascinated by… — Jonathan Gottschall
At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior? — Dan Gelber
I have asserted the right of Negroes to meet the violence of the Ku Klux Klan by armed self-defense â€” and have acted on it.… — Robert F. Williams
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. — Benjamin Franklin
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be… — Thomas Jefferson
One man with a gun can control 100 without one. — Vladimir Lenin
I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence. — Malcolm X
You do not have the right to take another human's life, unless it's in strict self-defense. — Michael Moore
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
Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense. — Ron Paul
Lying is an elementary means of self-defense. — Susan Sontag
We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns? — Joseph Stalin

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