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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.

I'm not a person who defends myself very often. I kind of let my actions speak for me.

You don't leave people who can't defend themselves.

I am sick of defending myself, and I am not going to keep on doing it.

To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.

You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.

This way of life is worth defending.

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

Everyone has to kind of fend for themselves.

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