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.

Your physical safety is up to you, as it really always has been.

'Heroism' is not the same as coping. A man who does his job properly and succeeds through his own efforts is definitely to be commended, but he is not a hero in the classic sense until he deliberately lays his life on the line for a cause he deems to be greater than himself.

Most governments are designed to protect the government from the people, whereas the United States government was organized to protect the people from the government.

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

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

Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat