Quotes About Self-defense

Old guns are better than no guns.

violence exercised in self-defense, which all societies from the most primitive to the most cultured and civilized, accept as moral and legal. The principle of self-defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi, who sanctioned it for those unable to master pure nonviolence.

Never hit a woman unless she's trying to kill you.

You see four guys bunched on a corner waiting for you, you either run like hell in the opposite direction without hesitation, or you keep on walking without slowing down or speeding up or breaking stride...Truth is, it's smarter to run. The best fight is the one you don't have. But I have never claimed to be smart. Just obstinate, and occasionally bad-tempered. Some guys kick cats. I keep walking. - Jack Reacher

Never revive a guy who had just pulled a gun on you.

I took my right hand off the wheel and reverse-punched him square between the eyes. It was a good solid smack. It put him right back to sleep. Manual anesthetic. He stayed out all the way back to the post.

Reacher's personal rule of thumb was never to revive a guy who had just pulled a gun on him. He was fairly inflexible on the matter.

this before. I don't see how his welfare suddenly becomes my responsibility, just because he chose to attack my welfare first. I'm not clear how that works exactly. They started it. They can't expect me to provide a health plan.

I don't see how his welfare suddenly becomes my responsibility, just because he chose to attack my welfare first.

After that experience, I immediately enrolled Julie in tae kwon do class, despite her protests. I wanted to be sure that if she were ever attacked, her instincts would take over, and that her instincts would kick ass.

Please, I'm a transgender former boy-bander. You think I don't know how to defend myself?

Yeah, well, I have my .38 to back me up in case he mistakes me for the weaker sex.

I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first, naturally.

The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.

If people came at you and started to scratch you, then of course you had the right to sit on them.

If people came at you and started to scratch you, then of course you had the right to sit on them. Even Nelson Mandela, she told herself, who was a good and gentle man, would have agreed with that.

It is I who will beat her if she tries anything. I am a traditionally built lady, you know, and if there are any bad people who try to push me around—or to beat me—then I can sit on them very quickly. And if I do that, then they cannot breathe—all the air goes out of their lungs and they cry out, 'I am not

When you are wronged repeatedly, the worst thing you can do is continue taking it--fight back!

If you're able to stun and disable someone hell-bent on killing you, you don't continue running. You make sure they stay down. Period.

I got into Taekwondo when I was nine, and I started training Muay Thai and Brazilian Jujitsu later in life.

God gave us the gift of life. It is the most precious gift ever. To be unarmed is to be helpless to protect that gift; that is outright irresponsible.

I've been training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu all my life. Boxing, kickboxing. I'm definitely not a fighter, but I defend my honor.

Let your attacker worry about his life. Don't hold back. Strike no more after he is incapable of further action, but see that he is stopped.

In the Second Amendment, it's not about hunting, it's not about target shooting, it's about protecting your home and your family and your life.