Jeff Cooper Quotes About Fighting

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  • If you don't understand weapons you don't understand fighting. If you don't understand fighting you don't understand war. If you don't understand war you don't understand history. And if you don't understand history you might as well live with your head in a sack.

    War   Fighting   Might  
  • 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 (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.9, Paladin Press
  • The consensus is that no more than five to ten people in a hundred who die by gunfire in Los Angeles are any loss to society. These people fight small wars amongst themselves. It would seem a valid social service to keep them well-supplied with ammunition.

    War   Fighting   Loss  
    Guns and Ammo Magazine, April 1991.
  • The perfect fight is one that is over before the loser really understands what is going on. The perfect defense is a counterattack that succeeds before the assailant discovers that he has bitten off more than he can chew.

    Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.32, Paladin Press
  • The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him.

  • The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range.

    Fighting   Gun  
  • Fight back! Whenever you are offered violence, fight back! The aggressor does not fear the law, so he must be taught to fear you. Whatever the risk, and at whatever the cost, fight back!

    Fighting   Law  
  • Without the institution of slavery, civilization would never have been achieved, for no one could ever have done anything intellectual if he had to spend all his time hewing and digging and fighting.

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

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