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Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.

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Jeff Cooper
Age: 86 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 10
Died: 2006
Died: September 25
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Sudden
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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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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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