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Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
W.H. AUDEN, The Dyer's Hand
Murder in the murderer is no such ruinous thought as poets and romancers will have it; it does not unsettle him, or fright him from his ordinary notice of trifles: it is an act quite easy to be contemplated, but in its sequel, it turns out to be a horrible jangle and confounding of all relations.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Essays
It's only in love and in murder that we still remain sincere.
FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT, Incident at Twilight
I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE, Dirty Hands
- Murder’s out of tune,
- And sweet revenge grows harsh.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Othello
I was in the war. I know how to kill. I was over there. I know how to do it. I've done it before. It's no big deal. You just make an adjustment. You convince yourself it's all right. That's all. It's easy. You just slaughter them.
SAM SHEPARD, Curse of the Starving Class
Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius
If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well.
HELEN PREJEAN, Dead Man Walking
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