Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

The proper course of action, when under attack, is usually to counterattack.

Repel force by force

Unfortunately, this country requires body bags before it will act...

If you seek peace, we do not want War. But if you want War, we will accept it unhesitatingly.

New York and I are not punching bags. You hit us and we will hit back.

… without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.... Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that accompanies and consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit all around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood.

Don't allow tyrants and aggressors to get away with it.

Hit back harder than you got hit.

Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.

One time, this guy was bothering my mother, and me and my brothers had a stern talking with the guy and a little bit of physicality with him. So he disappeared. But I'm not a magician.

If somebody is disrespecting somebody, we should step in - even at the risk of getting slugged over the head.

In the city that the wolf enters, enemies will be close by. An alien force will sack a great country. Allies will cross the mountains and the borders.

Before all else, be armed.

I just think I have to be a defender. If I can attack, it's a bonus.

There is nobody that I wouldn't fight.

You have more control of things if you play defense. And you can control how you play defense, too, with effort and preparation.

I've been in many street fights. I fought street fights for my friends to protect them.

There's nobody in the world I wouldn't fight.

I do believe when I put those little gloves on I can hurt anyone.

I’m not a violent person, Sydney. Not at all. I’ll make love over war any day. But I swear, if they’d hurt you—” “They didn’t,” I said firmly. I refused to let him know how scared I’d been because I was afraid he might go after them. “I’m fine. You came to the rescue.” A smile played at his lips. “Something tells me you would’ve rescued yourself.” And like that, the smile vanished. “But spirit would’ve been a lot more effective than a branch.” “Your treejitsu was very effective.

A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.

If he'd done something to harm her, I would annihilate him.

If you hate my guts and have designs to hurt me, and I see you building a cannon aimed at my house, I am not going to wait for you to finish construction.

Those who prepare for war get it.

There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.