“When...has a mugging case ever heard a defense attorney claim, 'Your Honor, the victim was dressed in an Armani suit and wearing a Rolex. Clearly he was begging to be assaulted.'” CasesHeardHonorClaimsVictimDefenseSuitsBeggingAttorneyYour HonorArmaniRolexDefense Attorneys Author:Peter David
“The Defense Department must do a better job of providing the best possible care for service women who are victims of sexual assault.” CareJobsVictimDefenseDepartmentProvidingAssaultSexual AssaultBetter Jobs Author:Louise Slaughter
“Self-defense is only an illusion, a dark cloak beneath which lurks a razor-sharp dagger waiting to be plunged into the first unwary victim. Whoever declares that any weapon manufactured today, whether it be a nuclear missile or a .38 special, is created for self-defense should look a little more closely at his own image in the mirror. Either he is a liar or is deceiving himself.” ShouldFirstsLooksLittlesSelfTodayWaitingDarkSpecialWeaponsIllusionMirrorsVictimDefenseNuclearLiarsDeceivingMissilesSelf DefenseCloaksRazorsDaggersNuclear Missiles Author:Wong Shun Leung
“We got victims out there that are getting shot four and five times, point blank range. That's not self-defense. You're not going to tell me that's self-defense.” SelfFiveFourShotsVictimDefenseRangeBlankSelf Defense Author:Jesse Ventura
“The victims of social injustice, since time eternal, have always been without the resources and the ability to fight back. They are defenseless and voiceless. Thee sad aspect of social injustice is that the defenseless and voiceless are the ones who most need a defense and a strong, vibrant voice.” NeedsFightingStrongSocialVoiceAbilityPovertyEternalResourcesAspectVictimInjusticeDefenseTheeDefenselessVoicelessSocial Injustice Author:Tommy Makem
“Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the nature of the offense and the incorrigibility of the offender and more on inappropriate and indefensible considerations: the political and personal inclinations of prosecutors; the defendant's wealth, race and intellect; the race and economic status of the victim; the quality of the defendant's counsel; and the resources allocated to defense lawyers.” PoliticalDiesTurnsWealthDecisionRaceQualityEconomicCrimeResourcesVictimIntellectDefenseLawyerConsiderationPenaltiesOffenseInclinationArbitraryDeath PenaltyInappropriateOffendersProsecutorImpositionCapriciousEconomic Status Author:Gerald Heaney
“It is a myth that alcoholics have some spontaneous insight and then seek treatment. Victims of this disease do not submit to treatment out of spontaneous insight - typically, in our experience they come to their recognition scenes through a buildup of crises that crash through their almost impenetrable defense systems. They are forced to seek help; and when they don't, they perish miserably.” HelpingSceneDiseaseCrisisVictimInsightMythDefenseRecognitionTreatmentSubmitCrashSpontaneousAlcoholics Author:Vernon Johnson
“If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life eventually, no matter whether one is a racist or a victim, one comes to feel the absurdity of life....Racism generated from whites is first of all absurd. Racism creates absurdity among blacks as a defense mechanism.” IfsWayLifeFeelsFirstsCountryMatterBlackWhiteRacismVictimDefenseAbsurdAfrican AmericanNovelistsRacistBlack PeopleMechanismAbsurdityDefense MechanismsAnti RacistAbsurdity Of Life Author:Chester Himes
“A half century ago Herbert Wechsler could justify the legal right of deadly force self-defense in terms of the "universal judgment that there is no social interest in preserving the lives of the aggressors at the cost of those of their victims." That is not a universal judgment today.” LifeSelfTodayForceSocialTermInterestHalfCenturyCostJudgmentUniversalVictimDefenseJustifySelf DefenseAggressorsDeadly Force Author:Don Kates
“We are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier...while Israel is the only country that calls for defense from its victims.” PeopleWorldWarCountryEarthSecurityVictimIsraelDefenseGuaranteesOccupationPalestineIsraeli Author:Hanan Ashrawi
“Our nation was built and civilized by men and women who used guns in self-defense and in pursuit of peace. One wonders indeed, if the rising crime rate, isn't due as much as anything to the criminal's instinctive knowledge that the average victim no longer has means of self-protection.” IfsMenMeanSelfUsedNationsWonderCrimeGunMen And WomenBuiltVictimRateAverageProtectionDuesDefenseCriminalsPursuitRisingCivilizedSelf DefenseRight To Bear ArmsSelf ProtectionCrime Rates Author:Ronald Reagan