While the D.V.S.J.A. attempts to contextualize self-defense in domestic-violence cases, it does nothing to address the many abuse victims who make plea deals.
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Quotes tagged ‘Self-Defense’
Graves: We only met briefly, but you left a lasting impression. You see, when your intervention forced me to present the world with a new face, I chose to model the disgusting Gustav Graves on you. I paid attention to details—that unjustifiable swagger, the crass quips, the self-defense mechanism co…
— Robert Wade, Neal Purvis, James Bond, Pierce Brosnan, imdb.com
Private Doss, you are free to run into the hellfire of battle without a single weapon to protect yourself.
— Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight, Judge, Philip Quast, imdb.com
Yeah, there's nothing worse than people not respecting you. Every time I get hooted at I have to take an hour of Tae Bo.
I don't want him to be the kind of boy lookin' for fights, but I don't want him to run from one when he's in the right.
— Frank Tarloff, Sheriff Andy Taylor, Andy Griffith, imdb.com
Kate: It...was self-defense. Brian: Eating a heart is self-defense?
I think there are pieces of yourself that you will always guard.
The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or…
Those who call us terrorists wish to prevent world public opinion from discovering the truth about us and from seeing the justice on our faces. They seek to bide the terrorism and tyranny of their acts, and our own posture of self-defense.
The ones who are (forced to) fight are permitted (to defend themselves) for that they are unjustly (attacked); and surely Allah is indeed Ever-Determiner over giving them victory.
He's resentful. People like this aren't able to deal with the fact that life can sometimes be tough and unfair. They dwell on the injustice. Their resentment is a self-defense mechanism, masking a fear of inadequacy or failure.
It is possible to shoot a man in self-defense and still notice how his red blood decorates the snow.