It didn't stop everyone I knew from taking it into their own hands.

[Most notably with Laurel, and even Thea. Both of them he tried to protect, both of them directly defied him and became fighters in their own right. Not what he wanted or expected, but he's proud of them, in a way.

Even if Thea got trained by Malcolm.]

It's not going to be easy. We don't know how long we'll be here but we might be here a long time. You need to be prepared for that.