"Trust me, I understand that, and I cannot say that I am completely faultless. But the thing is, it's very easy to convince ourselves that something that looks good at the time is actually good. We don't actually know what actions make the world safer, in the long run, and as an organization, the Protectorate must keep its image and must follow the law, because if we break it whenever it looks like it would make the world safer, it won't be."