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> [The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/the-rifle-is-a-weapon-let-there-be-no-mistake-about-that-it-is-a-tool/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/one-cannot-legislate-the-maniacs-off-the-street-these-maniacs-can/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

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## Other authors on Citizenry

## More by Jeff Cooper

> [The proliferation of right-to-carry laws throughout the states has drawn plaintive complaints from the criminal element. They feel that it makes their profession too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/the-proliferation-of-right-to-carry-laws-throughout-the-states-has/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all those Kalashnikov…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/it-appears-that-the-murder-rate-inside-prisons-is-ten-times-higher/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/don-t-try-to-be-fancy-shoot-for-the-center-of-mass-the-world-is-full/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/therefore-if-you-are-attacked-retaliate-instantly-be-sudden-be-quick/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/political-correctness-is-neither-political-nor-is-it-correct-it/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/the-rifle-itself-has-no-moral-stature-since-it-has-no-will-of-its-own/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/if-violent-crime-is-to-be-curbed-it-is-only-the-intended-victim-who/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/any-man-who-is-a-man-may-not-in-honor-submit-to-threats-or-violence/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [Weapons compound man's power to achieve; they amplify the capabilities of both the good man and the bad, and to exactly the same degree,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/weapons-compound-man-s-power-to-achieve-they-amplify-the-capabilities/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/it-has-long-been-my-conviction-that-a-masked-man-with-a-gun-is-a/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/a-fine-marksman-is-with-a-second-rate-rifle-is-far-more-effective/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [You better be looking for another pitcher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/you-better-be-looking-for-another-pitcher/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/it-is-true-that-a-victim-who-fights-back-may-suffer-for-it-but-one/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/if-a-felon-attacks-you-and-lives-he-will-reasonably-conclude-that-he/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

> [An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-cooper/an-unarmed-man-can-only-flee-from-evil-and-evil-is-not-overcome-by/)

[Jeff Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-cooper/)

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