Assassination Quote by Caitlín R. Kiernan

Philosophers and theologians have argued for centuries over the morality of targeted assassinations - a technique that the Israelis use with some frequency -…

— Eric Alterman

The killing of a criminal can be moral-but never its legitimation.

— Walter Benjamin

People are just fascinated by assassinations.

— Louis Stokes

In sorting out my feelings and beliefs, there is, however, one piece of moral ground of which I am absolutely certain: if I were…

— Anonymous

Interesting form of murder we come up with: Assassination. We assassinate people who've told us to live together in harmony and try to love…

— George Carlin

The murder of a man is still murder, even in wartime.

— Manfred von Richthofen

There are many thousands of books on particular assassinations and on the subject in general, but nearly all of them deal with the victims,…

— George Fetherling

Human morality is unthinkable without empathy.

— Frans de Waal

The intellectual development of man, far from having get men away from war, has, rather, on the contrary, bring them to a refinment always…

— African Spir

Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.

— Robert Jordan

There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy.

— Henryk Sienkiewicz