Quotes by Self Defense Your mind-set is your primary weapon Jeff Cooper self-defense weapons mind 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. Jeff Cooper self-defense justified victim Anyone who willfully and maliciously attacks another without sufficient cause jeopardize the lives of others. Jeff Cooper self-defense consideration causes The best personal defense is an explosive counterattack. Jeff Cooper self-defense explosives defense Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision. Jeff Cooper self-defense precision ifs Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been. Jeff Cooper self-defense up-to-you safety Now how do we cultivate an aggressive response? I think the answer is indignation... Your response, if attacked, must not be fear, it must be anger. Jeff Cooper self-defense answers thinking 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 self-defense harm serious 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 self-defense felons lives-of-others The proper course of action, when under attack, is usually to counterattack. Jeff Cooper self-defense courses action Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive. Jeff Cooper self-defense offensive moral Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat Jeff Cooper self-defense speed essence It's a matter of will. If you know that you can keep your head, and that you must keep your head, you probably will keep your head. Jeff Cooper self-defense matter knows 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 self-defense action worry Therefore, if you are attacked, retaliate instantly. Be sudden. Be quick. Speed is your salvation. Jeff Cooper self-defense speed salvation It is much easier and safer to scare someone into submission than to beat them into submission. Rory Miller self-defense submission scare Self-defense is not only our right; it is our duty. Ronald Reagan self-defense defense self I am convinced of the necessity to take an effective measure of self defense. Seishiro Itagaki self-defense defense self I read in self-defense. Woody Allen self-defense defense self Danger, if met head on, can be nearly halved Winston Churchill self-defense mets danger