The makers of dictionaries are dependent upon specialists for their definitions. A specialist's definition may be true or it may be erroneous. But its truth cannot be increased or its error diminished by its acceptance by the lexicographer. Each definition must stand on its own merits.
Benjamin TuckerMurder is an offensive act. The term cannot be applied legitimately to any defensive act.
Benjamin TuckerThe main question ... is not what motive inspired the law, but what it will be possible for men of bad motive to do with the law.
Benjamin Tucker