Rifles Quotes

• The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!

  John J. Pershing

  Military, Marine, World

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• The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.

  Jeff Cooper

  Men, Gun, Evil

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• Peace is the time it takes to reload your rifle.

  Bob Dylan

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• The truth is that any good modern rifle is good enough. The determining factor is the man behind the gun.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Gun, Men, Truth Is

  Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: African game trails”

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• That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.

  George Orwell

  Jobs, Wall, Gun

  "A patriot after all, 1940-1941".

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• Ability without enthusiasm is like a rifle without a bullet.

  Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

  Enthusiasm, Bullets, Ability

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• The rifle is the queen of weapons and its effective use is one of the greatest satisfactions available to man.

  Jeff Cooper

  Queens, Men, Use

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• There is but one answer to terrorism and it is best delivered with a Winchester rifle.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Answers, Terrorism

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• One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Love, Strength, Hope

  Thomas Jefferson (1830). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.331

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• Don't be a damned ammunition wagon. Be a rifle!

  Carl Rogers

  Wagons, Ammunition

  Carl Rogers (2012). “On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy”, p.281, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Military, War, Mean

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• A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Character, Gun, Political

  Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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• The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

  Wayne LaPierre

  Gun, Guy, Important

  National Rifle Association Press Conference Announcing "National School Shield" Program Following the Newton, Connecticut Shootings, delivered 21 December 2012

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• If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Dalai Lama urges students to shape world" by Hal Bernton, community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. May 15, 2001.

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• Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon - so long as there is no answer to it - gives claws to the weak.

  George Orwell

  Strong, Simple, Gun

  George Orwell (1968). “The collected essays, journalism, and letters of George Orwell”

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• The totalitarian states can do great things, but there is one thing they cannot do: they cannot give the factory-worker a rifle and tell him to take it home and keep it in his bedroom. That rifle, hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or laborer's cottage, is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.

  George Orwell

  Jobs, Wall, Home

  George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: A patriot after all, 1940-1941”

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• The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state-controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an "equalizer."

  Edward Abbey

  Military, Police, Democracy

  "Abbey's Road". Book by Edward Abbey, 1979.

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• I surrender this rifle to you through my young son, whom I now desire to teach in this manner that he has become a friend of the Americans. I wish him to learn the habits of the whites and to be educated as their sons are educated. I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. This boy has given it to you, and he now wants to know how he is going to make a living.

  Sitting Bull

  Son, Boys, Men

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• A strong body makes the mind strong.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Strong, Exercise, Gun

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late President of the United States”, p.287

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• If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid about?

  Clint Smith

  Gun, People, Ridiculous

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  I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.

  Sitting Bull

  Men, Wish, Lasts

  Sitting Bull, Mark Diedrich (1998). “Sitting Bull: The Collected Speeches”

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• I am totally for gun control in the U.S. The population of America is roughly 300 million and there are 300 million guns in this country, which is terrifying. Every day we're seeing some kid running rampant in a school. And do you know what the gun lobby's response to Newtown was? The National Rifle Association's official response was, 'If that teacher had been armed' It's crazy.

  Liam Neeson

  Running, Country, Teacher

  "Liam Neeson interview: Hard man actor on Bono, Ralph Fiennes and his fear of guns". Interview with Gill Pringle, www.independent.co.uk. September 12, 2014.

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• Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!

  Winfield Scott

  Fire, Blood, Baptized In

  "The Life and Military and Civic Services of Lieut-Gen. Winfield Scott". Book by Orville James Victor, p. 106, 1861.

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• When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.

  Dale Earnhardt

  Mean, Hunting, Racing

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• We would just go out and line up a bunch of cans and shoot with rifles, handguns and at times, submachine guns... When I was a kid it was a controlled atmosphere, we weren't shooting at humans... we were shooting at cans and bottles mostly. I will most certainly take my kids out for target practice.

  Johnny Depp

  Kids, Gun, Practice

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