Quote by Alan Paton
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? -

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? – Alan Paton

Other quotes by Alan Paton

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. – Alan Paton

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Wisdom
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To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones responsibility as a free man. – Alan Paton

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Society
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Other Quotes from
Violence
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They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. – Buddha

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Violence

Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me. – Woody Harrelson

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Violence

He who loves the bristle of bayonets only sees in the glitter what beforehand he feels in his heart. It is avarice and hatred; it is that quivering lip, that cold, hating eye, which built magazines and powder-houses. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Violence

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. – Gandhi

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Violence

Random Quotes

I woke up full of hate and fear the day before the most recent peace march in San Francisco. This was disappointing: Id hoped to wake up feeling somewhere between Virginia Woolf and Wavy Gravy. – Anne Lamott

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Fear

The sheep-people dont think for themselves anymore. You can say anything and its the gospel truth and they dont have to go research it or anything, and they believe everything the news tells them. People dont go and do their own investigations if its relationships or politics or anything. – Big Boi

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Politics

I definitely believe in marriage. – Michael Strahan

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Marriage

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value. – Jean de La Fontaine

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Learning