Dennis Kucinich Quotes

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life.

No man has the right to initiate the use of physical force against others.

I have a great admiration for pacifism, but I'm not a pacifist, mainly because I would defend myself if I were attacked.

If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job.

I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.

Those who 'abjure' violence can do so only because others are committing violence on their behalf.

The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.

Never unsheathe the sword except in self defense.

Repel force by force

You may not like to go to war, but war will come to you.

I would shoot him in self defense.

There is a difference between myself and some of the peace people in Europe: whereas they think that the ultimate evil in the world is war, I think the ultimate evil in the world is aggression, and aggression sometimes must be repelled by force.

People want to be empowered to the point where they can thwart their enemies physically.

We must never violate principles. We must never initiate violence. And we should never harm the innocent. But at some point, unless governments back off, we have to stop being nice.

If you can hit a guy once, you can hit him twice.

In a fight you don't stop to choose your cudgels.

I've done a lot of fighting in my time, and I'm down to do some more. I don't want to, but you know, there's just certain things that you can't sit down and take.

When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.

We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny.

I insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of human society that forbids the invaded to protect themselves in whatever way they can.

You know, kicking people's butts with round-edged boots is good, but with pointy shoes, it's even better.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.

I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.'