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Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat
Jeff Cooper
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Jeff Cooper
Age: 86 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 10
Died: 2006
Died: September 25
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According to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his ability to ride, shoot straight, and speak the truth. Perhaps we should now grant our college degrees to young men who measure up to that standard.
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The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him.
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It seems evident that the basis for civil safety is homogeneity. A culture which is socially uniform is pretty well devoid of informal violence.
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Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without.
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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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Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.
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Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others.
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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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If you must use your hands, use them with all the strength you possess... If you choose to strike, by all means strike hard.
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The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.
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One cannot legislate the maniacs off the street... these maniacs can only be shut down by an armed citizenry. Indeed bad things can happen in nations where the citizenry is armed, but not as bad as those which seem to be threatening our disarmed citizenry in this country at this time.
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In all history the only bright rays cutting the gloom of oppression have come from men who would rather get hurt than give in.
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I have long had a tendency to tie marksmanship to morality. The essence of good marksmanship is self-control, and self-control is the essence of good citizenship. It is too easy to say that a good shot is automatically a good man, but it would be equally incorrect to ignore the connection.
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A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
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Bushido is all very well in its way, but it is no match for a 30-06.
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Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply unprepared for the fact of human savagery.
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Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision.
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'Heroism' is not the same as coping. A man who does his job properly and succeeds through his own efforts is definitely to be commended, but he is not a hero in the classic sense until he deliberately lays his life on the line for a cause he deems to be greater than himself.
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On the very instant that we know that our assailant intends us serious physical harm, we must work just as fast as we can.
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