Nothing to do but cut and run, huh? What else? What about the old American social custom...

Paul Kersey: Nothing to do but cut and run, huh? What else? What about the old American social custom of self-defense? If the police don't defense us, maybe we ought to do it ourselves. Jack Toby: We're not pioneers anymore, Dad. Paul Kersey: What are we, Jack? Jack Toby: What do you mean? Paul Kersey: I mean, if we're not pioneers, what have we become? What do you call people who, when they're faced with a condition or fear, do nothing about it, they just run and hide? Jack Toby: Civilized? Paul Kersey: No.