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Jeff Cooper Quotes: 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.


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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.



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.



What are we going to do if citizens are disarmed, and the government doesn't obey its own laws?

What are we going to do if citizens are disarmed, and the government doesn't obey its own laws?





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As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages.

As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages.




If you think something is impossible, don't disturb the person who is doing it!

If you think something is impossible, don't disturb the person who is doing it!



Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it.

Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it.



As far as advice to potential teenage idols, there is no formula.

As far as advice to potential teenage idols, there is no formula.



If a rise in wages does not raise prices, a fall will not reduce them.

If a rise in wages does not raise prices, a fall will not reduce them.



Fantasies were safe. It was a break from reality. A chance to act on desires for a short period of time.

Fantasies were safe. It was a break from reality. A chance to act on desires for a short period of time.



However, I never thought that [George W.] Bush himself was, in any sense, "evil."

However, I never thought that [George W.] Bush himself was, in any sense, "evil."



I feel it now: there's a power in me to grasp and give shape to my world I know that nothing has ever been real without my beholding it. All becoming has need me.

I feel it now: there's a power in me to grasp and give shape to my world I know that nothing has ever been real without my beholding it. All becoming has need me.



Everyone and everything that shows up in the world of form in this universe originates not from a particle, as quantum physics teaches us, but from an energy field.

Everyone and everything that shows up in the world of form in this universe originates not from a particle, as quantum physics teaches us, but from an energy field.




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