Self Defense Quotes - Page 9

• In nature, creatures never ended the lives of others except to survive. To women, abortion was self-defense and preservation of the species. Abortion was not a fancy borne out of the female mind. Abortion was instinct beyond ideas. Abortion was fear (the cat that devours its litter when a predator nears).

  Ana Castillo

  Cat, Self, Ideas

  Ana Castillo (1990). “Sapogonia: (an Anti-romance in 3/8 Meter)”, Bilingual Press

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• I have asserted the right of Negroes to meet the violence of the Ku Klux Klan by armed self-defense — and have acted on it. It has always been an accepted right of Americans, as the history of our Western states proves, that where the law is unable, or unwilling, to enforce order, the citizens can, and must act in self-defense against lawless violence.

  Robert F. Williams

  Order, Law, Ku Klux Klan

  "Negroes with Guns". Book by Robert Franklin Williams, 1998.

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• Bud, my self-defense and combat skills teacher, was still trying to get me to learn knife fighting. "Silver knives! Painful and sometimes deadly to nearly all paranormals!" "Tasey!" I countered. "Hot pink and sparkly!

  Kiersten White

  Teacher, Fighting, Self

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• No. I took this job in self-defense. Quain burns everything. Belen thinks jerky is all we need to survive. Flea's idea of a good meal is something that hasn't been in a garbage can first. And Kerrick poisoned us-' 'Not on purpose,' Kerrick said. 'The meat looked done.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Jobs, Thinking, Self

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• …I noticed you don’t have any self-defense training…” “…I can handle myself just fine.” She stared at me for a long, uncomfortable moment. Finally, “In the very short time I’ve known you, you have been chased, shot, robbed, stabbed, drugged, and attacked by magic.” “I’m still breathing, aren’t I?

  Devon Monk

  Self, Breathing, Long

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• Behind the deceptive words designed to entice people into supporting violence -- words like democracy, freedom, self-defense, national security -- there is the reality of enormous wealth in the hands of a few, while billions of people in the world are hungry, sick, homeless.

  Howard Zinn

  Reality, Self, Hands

  Howard Zinn (2010). “You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times”, p.9, Beacon Press

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• No possible future government in Kabul can be worse than the Taliban, and no thinkable future government would allow the level of Al Qaeda gangsterism to recur. So the outcome is proportionate and congruent with international principles of self-defense.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Government, Self, Principles

  Christopher Hitchens (2004). “Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays”, p.433, Nation Books

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• What is
  there in being able
  to say that one has dominated the stream in an attitude of
  self-defense;
  
  in proving that one has had the experience
  of carrying a stick?

  Marianne Moore

  Attitude, Self, Sticks

  Marianne Moore, Robin G. Schulze (2002). “Becoming Marianne Moore: The Early Poems, 1907-1924”, p.216, Univ of California Press

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• I often say that sociology is a martial art, a means of self-defense. Basically, you use it to defend yourself, without having the right to use it for unfair attacks.

  Pierre Bourdieu

  Art, Mean, Self

  "La sociologie est un sport de combat". Documentary, May 2, 2001.

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• Then Maura made something with butter and Calla made something with bacon and Blue steamed broccoli in self-defense.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Blue, Self, Defense

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.348, Scholastic Inc.

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• I think a shotgun or a handgun that has a six-round clip is a very good, perfectly adequate weapon for self-defense, in the home. You simply can't create that kind of mayhem, if you have to reload.

  John Landgraf

  Home, Thinking, Self

  Source: collider.com

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• Certain forms of ammunition have no legitimate sporting, recreational, or self-defense use and thus should be prohibited.

  Ronald Reagan

  Gun, Self, Defense

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Government, Self, People

  Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison (2018). “America's Founding Documents: The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and the Bill of Rights”, p.199, First Avenue Editions

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• I strongly believe that the Second Amendment creates an individual right to possess and use guns for purposes of both hunting and self-defense.

  Cass Sunstein

  Believe, Gun, Hunting

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• I’m instantly mortified by my fat, uncontrollable mouth, but that’s when it occurs to me that my humor is a self-defense mechanism. Even though I may come off like a stark raving asshat, being funny is the most important tool I have to stay sane. The ability to say what I think is the key to allowing me to feel in control.

  Jen Lancaster

  Thinking, Self, Keys

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• When there are no avenues of escape or one is caught even before any attempt to escape can be made, then for the first time the use of self-defense techniques should be considered. Even at times like these, do not show any intention of attacking, but first let the attacker become careless. At that time attack him concentrating one's whole strength in one blow to a vital point and in the moment of surprise, escape and seek shelter and help.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Blow, Times Like These, Self

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• Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice?

  Frederic Bastiat

  Self, Law, Liberty

  Frederic Bastiat (2006). “The Law”, p.41, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The average beast of prey is a decent creature who merely kills for the sake of food or in a fight against an enemy. It is only man who calls killing "sport" and kills for the pleasure of killing; not for food, not for self-defense, but just to satisfy some primitive instinct, once necessary and now perverted.

  Gilbert Murray

  Sports, Fighting, Men

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• The specific course you decide upon is, within certain parameters, less important than the vigor with which you execute it.

  Jeff Cooper

  Decide Upon, Important, Vigor

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.20, Paladin Press

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• I got into cooking out of self-defense.

  Mark Bittman

  Self, Cooking, Defense

  "Mark Bittman’s answers to our food questions". Q&As, blog.seattlepi.com. January 10, 2009.

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