29 Quotes by Bernhard Goetz

I would, without any hesitation, shoot a violent criminal again.

Anyone, any type of story, it doesn't have to be a crime victim, you don't have to let yourself be food for the media.

You can't let yourself be pushed around. You can't live in fear. That's no way to live your life.

Prior to being mugged I did not feel I had to carry a gun. However, I knew how to shoot a gun very proficiently. As a boy, I used to play cowboys and Indians all the time.

I think vegetarianism is a crucial ethical choice for an individual and a society.

Jail is much easier on people who have nothing.

With my time in the limelight, I regret that I didn't use it more to push vegetarianism. I support vegetarian options in the school lunch program.

During my jury selection process, we went through over 360 jurors. It took six months, all New York residents. Of the 360 jurors, over half of them had been mugged one time. Quite a number of them, maybe 30 40, 50, had been mugged twice.

I thought I was a pretty good physical specimen. But there was a teenager from Brooklyn, who basically wiped the floor with me on the street. He gave me a punch that I didn't even feel. All I knew I was looking up at the sky. I tried to fight him, and I got a number of injuries after that.