Selfdefence Quotes
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The academic mind, as we know, is sometimes capable of assuming an aggressive attitude. The official mind, on the contrary, is and has to be, expert in the art of self-defence.
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More Selfdefence Quotes
By his willingly renouncing self-defence, the Christian affirms his absolute adherence to Jesus, and his freedom from the tyranny of his own ego. The exclusiveness of this adherence is the only power which can overcome evil.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer— p. 142 (Revenge)
Your case no tame expedients will afford, Resolve on death or conquest by the sword, Which for no less a stake than life you draw, And self-defence is Nature's eldest law.
john dryden— Pt. I, lines 455-458.
For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions.
margaret thatcher— p. 50 (Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World)
... there are no universally accepted laws governing the use of targeted killing. Each nation is responsible for applying its own domestic laws and concepts of self-defence when considering this option.
— Hunter, Thomas (2009). Targeted Killing: Self-Defense, Preemption, and the War on Terrorism. BookSurge Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 978-1439252055.
