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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
Author
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Journalist
Military Officer
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LA
California
Retaliate
Attacked
Instantly
Sudden
Quick
Salvation
Speed
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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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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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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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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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Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision.
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Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight.
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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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