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Rifle Quotes by Jeff Cooper
- A fine marksman is with a second rate rifle is far more effective than the reverse.
- I am sometimes perplexed by people who refer to defensive rifles, or defensive rifle shooting. The defensive arm is the pistol, since you have it…
- We thought everybody knew by now that barrel length has almost nothing to do with accuracy. I believe the myth of the superior accuracy of…
- Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of a good rifle,…
- 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…
- Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.
- The rifle is the queen of weapons and its effective use is one of the greatest satisfactions available to man.
- Pick up a rifle and you change instantly from a subject to a citizen.
- The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil…
More Rifle Quotes
- I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. — Sitting Bull
- No matter how nice the company one might be with, however, it is never pleasant to have a rifle pointed at one's… — Meg Cabot
- I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him. — George Clooney
- The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem. — Yasser Arafat
- The National Rifle Association says, 'Guns don't kill people. People do'. But I think the gun helps. — Eddie Izzard
- A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the… — Edward Abbey
- The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle! — John J. Pershing
- You think when Jesus comes back, he really wants to see a cross? That's like going up to Jackie Onassis with a… — Bill Hicks
- Advertising is not a rifle; it is a shotgun, and any campaign featuring outdoor boards of a cartoon animal inevitably will catch… — Bob Garfield
- The totalitarian states can do great things, but there is one thing they cannot do: they cannot give the factory-worker a rifle… — George Orwell
- ... I must say this concerning the great controversy over rifles and shotguns. The only thing I've ever said is that in… — Malcolm X
- Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the… — George Washington