“I have asserted the right of Negroes to meet the violence of the Ku Klux Klan by armed self-defense — and have acted on it. It has always been an accepted right of Americans, as the history of our Western states proves, that where the law is unable, or unwilling, to enforce order, the citizens can, and must act in self-defense against lawless violence.” SelfStatesLawOrderViolenceCitizensProveWesternDefenseAcceptedUnwillingSelf DefenseKu Klux Klan Author:Robert F. Williams
“Behind the deceptive words designed to entice people into supporting violence -- words like democracy, freedom, self-defense, national security -- there is the reality of enormous wealth in the hands of a few, while billions of people in the world are hungry, sick, homeless.” PeopleWorldSelfHandsRealityWealthBehindsDemocracyViolenceSecuritySickDefenseBillionsHungryEnormousHomelessNational SecuritySelf DefenseDeceptiveDemocracy Freedom Book:You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times Source: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
“Violence is not inevitable. I mean, the only inevitable form of violence is the kind that we understand, the only legitimate (if there can ever be legitimate violence) and that's self-defense.” IfsKindMeanSelfFormViolenceDefenseInevitableSelf Defense Author:Gloria Steinem