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Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.

You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.

As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense.

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting.

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.