Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.
Gloria Steinem
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
I only direct in self-defense.
Mel Brooks
In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.
Loretta Young
In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
Karl Liebknecht
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
Murder begins where self-defense ends.
Georg Buchner
My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
Fred Allen
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
The President has launched a very agressive campaign of self-defense, with the goal of getting Americans to buy into his vision of America on the world stage.
Gwen Ifill
War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.
Bill Moyers
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 that the president has adopted since September 11.
Ed Gillespie
When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.
Stephen Carter
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