Jeff Cooper Quotes

The police can't stop an intruder, mugger, or stalker from hurting you. They can pursue him only after he has hurt or killed you. Protecting yourself from harm is your responsibility, and you are far less likely to be hurt in a neighborhood of gun-owners than in one of disarmed citizens - even if you don't own a gun yourself.

In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.

You cannot rely on the police, you cannot rely on the government, you cannot rely on the bank to protect you.

I can't take nothing for granted. I have to really protect myself - either get out of bounds or continue to finish the play.

It's really important to take your own personal safety into your own hands.

I sleep with my gun on my bedside table. I live alone; it is my protection and makes me feel safer. I have had to pull it out a few times when I have heard noises at night, but I've never had to use it.

I rely on guns for protection in life. God does not say, 'This is la-la land.' God doesn't say, 'Welcome to Earth. Everything's perfect. There's no crime. There's no murder. There's no death.' The world is imperfect, and you have to be on guard.

I sleep with my gun on my bedside table. I live alone; it is my protection and makes me feel safer.

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

I feel like I'm ready for any dangerous situation that might come my way, provided I have a hammer on me.

I think our police do an excellent job, day in and day out, working to keep us safe.

I'm not a gun nut, but go out on my porch. Look around - what's there? Zero, nothing. If I had a problem out here, well, the police would arrive just in time to draw the chalk outline on my floor.

You just always have to protect yourself. Try not to take any unnecessary hits.

Protect yourself at all times. It's what I talk to school kids and college kids about when I do my seminars. I'm not just talking about in the ring. Protect yourself at all times.

One should be alert and know how to defend oneself in case something untoward happens.

A girl, whether in the industry or out of it, has to protect herself.

When you have law-abiding citizens who are actively ready to protect themselves and their family, that reduces crime.

The need for self-defense naturally exists outside and inside the home, I would hold the 2nd Amendment applies outside the home.

Because the state can no longer protect us from crime, it wants to take away from us the means of protecting ourselves. This is the logic of gun control.

Trust not overmuch to the blessed Magdalen; learn to protect yourself.

Arkansas families need to feel safe in their homes and communities, which is why we need a U.S. Senator who will address threats - both at home and abroad - head on.

When it comes to public safety, I listen to police chiefs and cops, not to a cable-news station.

My job as Home Secretary is to keep families and communities across our country safe.

You know, I don't walk home alone at night. If I drive into our courtyard after dark, I ask my partner to come outside with the dog to meet me. Those are, you know, basic sort of urban precautions.

In ourselves our safety must be sought. By our own right hand it must be wrought.