Definition of Self-Defense

Self-defense

The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.

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Self-Defense Quotations

Legitimate use of violence can only be that which is required in self-defense.
Ron Paul

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

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.
Fred Allen

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.
Loretta Young

Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.
Susan Sontag

Murder begins where self-defense ends.
Georg Buchner

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

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.
Bill Moyers

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

In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
Karl Liebknecht

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.
Gloria Steinem

When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.
Stephen Carter

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

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