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Jeff Cooper Quotes: Never assume that simply having a gun makes you a marksman. You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol than you are a musician because you own a guitar.
         

Never assume that simply having a gun makes you a marksman. You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol than you are a musician because you own a guitar.


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An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.

An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.



Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician.



Fight back! Whenever you are offered violence, fight back! The aggressor does not fear the law, so he must be taught to fear you. Whatever the risk, and at whatever the cost, fight back!

Fight back! Whenever you are offered violence, fight back! The aggressor does not fear the law, so he must be taught to fear you. Whatever the risk, and at whatever the cost, fight back!



Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better.

Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better.



It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all those Kalashnikov rifles that are issued to prisoners upon their incarceration.

It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all those Kalashnikov rifles that are issued to prisoners upon their incarceration.



Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.

Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.



If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.

If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.



That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants.

That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants.



A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.



The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.





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Sometimes you have to do something ugly so that something beautiful can grow.



One of the reasons why so few of us ever act instead of react is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.

One of the reasons why so few of us ever act instead of react is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.




As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.

As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.



We are taught words, not ideas.

We are taught words, not ideas.



Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.

Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.



I'm not hurt. I'm pissed off and sexually frustrated.

I'm not hurt. I'm pissed off and sexually frustrated.



Passivity may be the easy course, but it is hardly the honorable one.

Passivity may be the easy course, but it is hardly the honorable one.



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It leaves a good legacy to have five records.



All societies, ancient or modern, primitive or sophisticated, have guided themselves by values and goals rooted in the experience of 'deep intuition'.

All societies, ancient or modern, primitive or sophisticated, have guided themselves by values and goals rooted in the experience of 'deep intuition'.




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