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Quotes About Self-defense

To stop a bad guy with a gun, it takes a good guy with a gun.
~ Wayne LaPierre
As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in response to the 9/11 attacks, and we may also use force consistent with our inherent right of national self-defense.
~ John O. Brennan
Lions or tigers. They must be off somewhere waiting for the right moment to pounce. I like cats and don't want to hurt one, but I will beat a lion to death with a shark if it tries to take a bite out of me.
~ Richard Kadrey
Should your opponent threaten you, you must not defend yourself with violence until you have attempted to get away-to flee from the scene altogether. If you are unable to leave the scene, you may not stuud your ground and kill in self-defense.
~ Richard Maxwell Brown
I felt the need to clarify we were there for the self defense class, in case he also taught about dog breeding or riding the high seas.
~ Richelle Mead
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Marrying Gretchen is a good idea, darling; I would enjoy bringing her up. Teaching her to shoot, helping her with her first baby, coaching her in how to handle a knife, working out with her in martial arts, all the homey domestic skills a girl needs in this modern world.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Just as this free-lance socialist was gathering up their day's receipts, Joe lets him have it, with a cleaver. Curtain. The only notable thing about it was that Joe acted so quickly and correctly in the crunch, for I feel sure that the only fighting that he had ever tried was that which I forced on him in the 'Libby.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
cops and courts no longer protect citizens, so citizens must protect themselves.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
On a more personal level, it is very likely that at some time in your life you will come into painful contact with a psychopath. For your own physical, psychological, and financial well-being it is crucial that you know how to identify the psychopath, how to protect yourself, and how to minimize the harm done to you.
~ Robert D. Hare
Hey! When he dug into it, rifling through her things, she snapped, Go Yoda someone else's supplies, asshole.
~ Kresley Cole
What about the old standby of kicking a guy in the groin? Try to. Love to...
~ Kresley Cole
But I was raised in the United States, and I won't allow any one-horse chicken of the Land of Ev to run over me and put on airs, as long as I can lift a claw in self-defense.
~ L. Frank Baum
I go to church strapped with a 45 glock.
~ Master P
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
~ Malcolm X
People respect power, and it comes in many forms, Krav Maga is power, and people will respect you for knowing it
~ Imi Lichtenfeld
And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.
~ Agnes Smedley
Those who call us terrorists wish to prevent world public opinion from discovering the truth about us and from seeing the justice on our faces. They seek to bide the terrorism and tyranny of their acts, and our own posture of self-defence.
~ Yasser Arafat
The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them.
~ Zachariah Johnson
Self-defence," I said slowly, looking him straight in the eye, "is all about getting out of dangerous situations without getting hurt.
~ Zoë Sharp
The payoffs of indirectness in rapport and self-defense correspond to the two basic dynamics that motivate communication: the coexisting and conflicting human needs for involvement and independence. Since any show of involvement is a threat to independence, and any show of independence is a threat to involvement, indirectness is the life raft of communication, a way to float on top of a situation instead of plunging in with nose pinched and coming up blinking.
~ Deborah Tannen
Just put down 9/11... I think, on most things I'm liberal, except on defending ourselves and keeping half the money. Those things I'm kind of conservative on.
~ Dennis Miller
Stop hittin' me!" he cried. "This is hardly fair, now is it? Two of you against me?" "You're the one who came at us with a gun," Ghastly said, standing over him. "But that was for a giggle," Jack tried. "I wasn't aimin' at you, I swear.
~ Derek Landy
I kill Cain," Crux said, pointing a finger back at himself. "Me. Not you, not the vampire, not the idiot." Scapegrace frowned. "Who's the idiot?
~ Derek Landy