153 Quotes by 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 evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.

The media insist that crime is the major concern of the American public today. In this connection they generally push the point that a disarmed society would be a crime-free society. They will not accept the truth that if you take all the guns off the street you still will have a crime problem, whereas if you take the criminals off the street you cannot have a gun problem.

It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it.

Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands.

Your mind-set is your primary weapon

We are fully justified in valuing the life and person of an intended victim more highly than the life of a pernicious assailant. The attacker must be stopped. At once and completely.

The will to survive is not as important as the will to prevail... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation.

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.

The best personal defense is an explosive counterattack.