Your mind-set is your primary weapon

Under any sort of attack, keep cool. And if you must shoot, shoot with precision.

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!

[T]he only thing the United States government ever did about slavery was to abolish it. Perhaps that was a mistake, but I do not feel inclined to apologize for it.

I have long had a tendency to tie marksmanship to morality. The essence of good marksmanship is self-control, and self-control is the essence of good citizenship. It is too easy to say that a good shot is automatically a good man, but it would be equally incorrect to ignore the connection.

In all history the only bright rays cutting the gloom of oppression have come from men who would rather get hurt than give in.

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