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Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
Children model the behavior of adults, on whatever scale is available to them. Ours are growing up in a nation whose most… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth - scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines,… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
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The murder clearance rate now in my city Baltimore is almost non-existent. Nobody can solve a murder, nobody can do any actual… — David Simon Copy Share Image
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What could ever be a sufficient reason for excusing in any way the direct murder of the innocent? This is precisely what… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
Destruction is not the law of humans. Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
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I would wipe my tears, and walk out of the stall and the bathroom, and march myself back into that courtroom because… — Nancy Grace Copy Share Image
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Where is he? Bridgerton!" he bellowed. Three chestnut heads swiveled in his direction. Simon stomped across the grass, murder in his eyes.… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I do not believe, as do so many musicians, that genius should be left to fight its way to the light. Genius… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
The racist conscience of America is such that murder does not register as murder really, unless the victim is white... blacks knew… — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
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Amaryllis in Blueberry is a rich, evocative story about an unusual family that will sweep readers away to another place and time.… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
“Ferran was not as mad the next day; he even cracked a smile and seemed to be normal. Nice to Martina. He… — Tomas Adam Nyapi Copy Share Image
But we were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we… — Robert Ardrey Copy Share Image
What happened on September 11 wasn't the first act of war, it was the most unspeakable act of murder and terrorism. But… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
Will sat where he was, gazing at the silver bowl in front of him; a white rose was floating in it, and… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
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They [intellectuals] coined most of the slogans that guided the butcheries of Bolshevism, Fascism, and Nazism. Intellectuals extolling the delights of murder,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
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Here's a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life - ''possessive'', even. You know more about him… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“. . . In all parts of our globe, fanatics have cut each other's throats, publicly burnt each other, committed without a… — Baron D'Holbach Copy Share Image
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The rush to attribute culpability to a minority after an act of mass murder is a rush to exonerate the general public… — Ari Ne'eman Copy Share Image
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When you say documentary, you have to have a sophisticated ear to receive that word. It should be documentary style, because documentary… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
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I myself, as I'm writing, don't know who did it. The readers and I are on the same ground. When I start… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A few months ago, and again this week, bin Laden publicly vowed to publicly wage a terrorist war against America, saying, and… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The Queen of Air and Darkness tilted back her head and laughed. A more ghastly sound I hope never to hear. ‘Do… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
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