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Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.

Fourteen-year-old boys are not part of a well-regulated militia. Members of wacky religious cults are not part of a well-regulated militia. Permitting unregulated citizens to have guns is destroying the security of this free state.

Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand.

I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you.

When it comes to our children, the most precious treasure God ever gives us, we protect them with a little sign that says, 'No guns allowed.'

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

In every decision we make and in every policy we develop, we are committed to protecting those who cannot protect themselves... the very young and the very old.

In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.

I feel like when you have an unauthorized police badge and something that looks like it could be a concealed weapon in the small of your back that when you, someone crosses you, pisses you off, road rage, I think just the slight badge and the little moving away of the jacket and not losing eye contact does amazing things.