“As the era of the sword was ending, that of firearms began, in time to allow no lapse in man’s belligerent capacity.”

“Admitting our lapses pave way for reconstructions. Reconstruction is an end-time friend of goal-setters.”

“Literary detection and firearms don't really go hand in hand; pen mighter than the sword and so forth.”

“The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.”

“The best way to address the firepower concern is therefore not to try to outlaw or license many millions of older and perfectly legitimate firearms (which would be a licensing effort of staggering proportions) but to prohibit the possession of high capacity magazines. By a simple, complete and unequivocal ban on large capacity magazines, all the difficulty of defining 'assault rifle' and 'semi-automatic rifles' is eliminated. The large capacity magazine itself, separate or attached to the firearm, becomes the prohibited item. A single amendment to Federal firearms laws could effectively implement these objectives.”

“It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, where Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.”

“For belligerent purposes, the 14th century, like the 20th, commanded a technology more sophisticated than the mental and moral capacity that guided its use.”

“Man remains in the end what he started as in the beginning: a biosystem with a limited capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the consequence is future shock.”

“The lapse of time uncovers hidden secrets.”

“The criterion of "progress" between two cultures or two eras consists of a greater capacity to kill.”