Mankind Quote by Jeff Cooper

Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons… Pick up a rifle -…

— Jeff Cooper

Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons. The possession of a good…

— Jeff Cooper

The rifle is the queen of weapons and its effective use is one of the greatest satisfactions available to man.

— Jeff Cooper

In the larger sense, however, the personal ownership of firearms is only secondarily a matter of defense against the criminal. Note the following from…

— Jeff Cooper

The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the…

— Jeff Cooper

It is not rifles but people who triumph, and the conclusion from all the wars is that we need better people, not better rifles…

— Shimon Peres

If one must fight one should confine oneself to conventional weapons.

— Mao Zedong

A gun is not a weapon! It's a tool, like a butcher's knife, or a harpoon, or an alligator.

— Homer

In previous armies, soldiers used their time to clean their weapons and stock up on ammunition. Our weapons are words, and we may need…

— Subcomandante Marcos

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Although weapons were invented for self-protection, but man uses them for fulfilling his ambitions.

— Mak_786

I don’t think there is any mystery to understanding the passionate feelings people have for guns. Nobody really believes it’s about maintaining a militia.…

— Alec Wilkinson