Bernhard Goetz Quotes

Bernhard Goetz — American Celebrity born on November 07, 1947,

Bernhard Hugo Goetz is a New York City man known for shooting four young men when they tried to mug him on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan on December 22, 1984. He fired five shots, seriously wounding all four men. Nine days later he surrendered to police and was eventually charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and several firearms offenses. A jury found him not guilty of all charges except for one count of carrying an unlicensed firearm, for which he served eight months of a one-year sentence. In 1996, one of the shot men, who had been left paraplegic and brain damaged as a result of his injuries, obtained a civil judgment of $43 million against Goetz... (wikipedia)

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.

The whole trial seemed surreal.