27 Movie Quotes about Self Defense (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Sep 25, 2026

Memorable quotes about self defense, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 You broke into the house. You demanded money. You tried to attack me and I shot you in self-defense. I've a right to kill in self-defense. That's what the law says, doesn't it, Walter?

Barbara Stanwyck as Martha Ivers in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

22 It's all right if you're looking out for yourself. If it's self-defense. Was it self-defense?

Quote from Sling Blade (1996)

23 If I struck him, it was in self-defense. He came sneaking up behind me and tried to run me through with his sword.

Quote from Beat the Devil (1953)

24 Could've shot you in self-defense. What's this a bagel? Huh?

Quote from Kojak

25 I'm gonna ask you once. Was it self-defense?

Quote from Silverado

26 No, sir. The manly art of self-defense is my line, sir.

Quote from Yogi Bear

27 I'm sorry. It was self-defense.

Quote from In the Line of Fire