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• The one who fights back retains his dignity and his self-respect.

  Jeff Cooper

  Fighting, Self, Defense

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.9, Paladin Press

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• Use your eyes. Do not enter unfamiliar areas that you cannot observe first. Make it a practice to swing wide around corners, use window glass for rearward visibility, and get something solid behind you when you pause.

  Jeff Cooper

  Eye, Glasses, Swings

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.15, Paladin Press

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• Any man who is a man may not, in honor, submit to threats or violence. But many men who are not cowards are simply unprepared for the fact of human savagery.

  Jeff Cooper

  Men, Honor, Coward

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.9, Paladin Press

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• If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you not only imperil your own life, but you jeopardize the lives of others.

  Jeff Cooper

  Felons, Self Defense, Lives Of Others

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.44, Paladin Press

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• Know what is behind you, and pay particular attention to anything out of place.

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  Attention, Pay, Behind You

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.14, Paladin Press

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• The proliferation of state concealed carry laws has evidently reduced the rate of violent street crime to a considerable extent. When the goblins do not know who is armed and who is not, their professional enthusiasm declines. Now that Britain has made sure (insofar as any law can so insure) that everybody is disarmed, the streets arem given back to the bad kid with the baseball bat. We hope they are satisfied.

  Jeff Cooper

  Baseball, Kids, Gun

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• Bushido is all very well in its way, but it is no match for a 30-06.

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  Gun, Way, Bushido

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• The specific course you decide upon is, within certain parameters, less important than the vigor with which you execute it.

  Jeff Cooper

  Decide Upon, Important, Vigor

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.20, Paladin Press

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• Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.... Pick up a rifle - a really good rifle - and if you know how to use it well, you change instantly from a mouse to a man, from a peon to a caballero, and - most significantly - from a subject to a citizen.

  Jeff Cooper

  Queens, Men, Weapons

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• We are somewhat amused by the hysteria manifest in the press at the suggestion by Gordon Liddy that if one is menaced by bad guys (particularly the ninja) one is wise to shoot for the head. That statement has got a whole bunch of journalists and commentators bleeding from the nose. One wonders why it should. Where else should you shoot a man if he is probably wearing an armored vest? If you decide to shoot you have made the big decision. Where you place your shot is merely a technical matter.

  Jeff Cooper

  Wise, Men, Hysteria

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• On the very instant that we know that our assailant intends us serious physical harm, we must work just as fast as we can.

  Jeff Cooper

  Serious, Self Defense, Harm

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.32, Paladin Press

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• 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

  Gun, Men, Views

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• The proper course of action, when under attack, is usually to counterattack.

  Jeff Cooper

  Action, Self Defense, Courses

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.20, Paladin Press

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• Beware the man with one gun. He can probably use it.

  Jeff Cooper

  Gun, Men, Use

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

  Jeff Cooper

  Queens, Men, Rifles

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• What you do to prevent further felonious assault, as long as the felon is still capable of action, is justified.

  Jeff Cooper

  Long, Felons, Action

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.44, Paladin Press

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• "What would I do if?.." By thinking tactically, we can more easily arrive at correct tactical solutions, and practice - even theoretical practice - tends to produce confidence in our solutions which, in turn, makes it easier for us, and thus quicker, to reach a decision.

  Jeff Cooper

  Thinking, Practice, Decision

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.20, Paladin Press

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• Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat

  Jeff Cooper

  Essence, Speed, Self Defense

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.32, Paladin Press

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• It seems evident that the basis for civil safety is homogeneity. A culture which is socially uniform is pretty well devoid of informal violence.

  Jeff Cooper

  Safety, Culture, Uniforms

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• Personal weapons are what raised mankind out of the mud, and the rifle is the queen of personal weapons.

  Jeff Cooper

  Queens, Second Amendment, Rifles

  Jeff Cooper (2002). “Art of the Rifle: Special Colour Edition”, p.8, Paladin Press

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• 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 dangerous when the streets are full of "civilians" who may or may not be armed. Poor babies!

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  Baby, Gun, Law

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• By doing what our assailant least expects us to do, we may throw him completely off. ... what he usually least suspects is instant, violent counterattack, so the principle of aggressiveness is closely tied to threat of surprise.

  Jeff Cooper

  May, Principles, Surprise

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• Let your attacker worry about his life. Don't hold back. Strike no more after he is incapable of further action, but see that he is stopped.

  Jeff Cooper

  Worry, Action, Self Defense

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.44, Paladin Press

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• It may be that there is such a thing as racial memory, and it is supported by the undeniable observation that the goblins will get you if you don't watch out.

  Jeff Cooper

  Memories, Watches, May

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• If a principle exists it must be immutable, for that is what a principle is - a truth standing apart from the mood of the times.

  Jeff Cooper

  Principles, Mood, Standing Apart

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.8, Paladin Press

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