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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.
Jeff Cooper
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Jeff Cooper
Age: 86 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 10
Died: 2006
Died: September 25
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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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A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.
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Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.
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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!
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A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
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One of the notable aspects of the democratic process is that one need not know anything about a subject in order to pass laws about it.
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Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others.
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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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