Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Fight back! Whenever you are offered violence, fight back! The aggressor does not fear the law, so he must be taught to… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that 'violence begets violence.' I told him that… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The only acceptable response to the threat of lethal violence is immediate and savage counterattack. If you resist, you just may get… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Anyone who is aware of his environment knows that the peril of physical assault does exist, and that it exists everywhere and… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
It seems evident that the basis for civil safety is homogeneity. A culture which is socially uniform is pretty well devoid of… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
It appears that the murder rate inside prisons is ten times higher than that outside prisons. It must be due to all those Kalashnikov… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police,… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
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,… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you not only… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
