“In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.”
“It was anticipating self-defense.”
On why he once hit a catcher in the face mask while playing minor league baseball, CBS TV (December 30, 1984)
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“The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness.”
Source: Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

“I strongly believe in a God-given right to self-defense.”
1990s, Letter to John J. LaFalce (1992)

“I am convinced of the necessity to take an effective measure of self defense.”
Quoted in "Oakland Tribune (Newspaper)" - February 21, 1939, Oakland, California.

“Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.”
Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“In this wicked and selfish world, with no essential values… being asshole is self-defense.”
Original: In questo mondo malvagio ed egoista, senza valori essenziali... essere stronzi è legittima difesa.
Source: prevale.net

"Just a girl with a gun; not a gratuitous killer" http://praag.org/?p=11950, Praag.org, November 25, 2013.
2010s, 2013