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

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Jeff Cooper
Age: 86 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 10
Died: 2006
Died: September 25
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Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat
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Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.
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Know what is behind you, and pay particular attention to anything out of place.
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Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others.
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It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.
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Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.... Pick up a rifle - a really good rifle - and if you know how to use it well, you change instantly from a mouse to a man, from a peon to a caballero, and - most significantly - from a subject to a citizen.
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Beware the man with one gun. He can probably use it.
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Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been.
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Without the institution of slavery, civilization would never have been achieved, for no one could ever have done anything intellectual if he had to spend all his time hewing and digging and fighting.
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Not to our surprise, we discover that gun crime in Britain is up 10.9 percent since the disarmament of the private citizen.
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The perfect fight is one that is over before the loser really understands what is going on. The perfect defense is a counterattack that succeeds before the assailant discovers that he has bitten off more than he can chew.
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Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty.
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If it is ever your misfortune to be attacked, alertness will have given you a little warning, decisiveness will have given you a proper course to pursue, and if that course is to counterattack, carry it out with everything you've got! Be indignant. Be angry. Be aggressive.
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Anger, as long as it is controlled anger, is no obstacle to efficiency. Self-control is one thing the sociopath does not usually possess. Use yours to his undoing.
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The one who anticipates the action wins. The one who does not, loses.
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An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
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Use your eyes. Do not enter unfamiliar areas that you cannot observe first. Make it a practice to swing wide around corners, use window glass for rearward visibility, and get something solid behind you when you pause.
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Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.
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The consensus is that no more than five to ten people in a hundred who die by gunfire in Los Angeles are any loss to society. These people fight small wars amongst themselves. It would seem a valid social service to keep them well-supplied with ammunition.
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