He once told me, If I go into court on behalf of a particular child and lose, I m condemning that child to be a P.0.W. I can t lose. It s not even part of my equation. Vachss puts it in terms of results. Behavior is the truth . It s the only truth.
Conduct is all that counts.
America s like a big talk show. Everybody gets up, shrieks and screams, has their moment. I would feel humiliated if I said X is the most important thing in the world to me, and then I was done. He is scathing on the topic of people who do not share his singular focus, even if they say they share his goals. You name me one person who actually says they care about kids who doesn t have a whole laundry list of other concerns.