“Democrats always assure us that deterrence will work, but when the time comes to deter, they're against it.”

“The material you work with is that which you will come to resemble. That which you work against will always work against you, including yourself.”

“We want splendid books ... books that prove to us that love is at work in the world next to evil, right up against it, at times indistinctly, and that it always will be ...”

“One thing that you can always be sure of when it comes to networks: they're always changing”

“I know, Ma. I'm a-tryin'. But them deputies- Did you ever see a deputy that didn't have a fat ass? An' they waggle their ass an' flop their gun aroun'. Ma", he said, "if it was the law they was workin' with, why we could take it. But it ain't the law. They're a-working away at our spirits. They're a-tryin' to make us cringe an' crawl like a whipped bitch. They're tryin' to break us. Why, Jesus Christ, Ma, they comes a time when the on'y way a fella can keep his decency is by takin' a sock at a cop. They're working on our decency".”

“When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.”