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

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

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Violence commands both literature and life, and violence is always crude and distorted. – Ellen Glasgow

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And so, to the end of history, murder shall breed murder, always in the name of right and honor and peace, until the gods are tired of blood and create a race that can understand. – George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"

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The moment a man claims a right to control the will of a fellow being by physical force, he is at heart a slaveholder. – Henry C. Wright, The Liberator, 7 April 1837

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So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs. – Elbert Hubbard

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