Defensive Rights Quotes

I've got a right to knock down anybody holding a bat.

The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong.

It is legitimate for the Turks to try to defend themselves.

I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

The other thing to realize is that almost all these shootings, including this shooting [in San-Bernardino], happened in a government building where people are not allowed to defend themselves. While it's not the ultimate answer, the ultimate answer would be no violence, part of the answer is saying, "We need to allow people to defend themselves."

The right to defend one's home and one's person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law.

Today, Jewish defense is an accepted thing.

Here, every private person is authorized to arm himself, and on the strength of this authority, I do not deny the inhabitants had a right to arm themselves at that time, for their defense, not for offense.

On the right of Israel to exist and to defend itself, there is no opposition in Israel.