Life Quote by Elbert Hubbard

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

— Elbert Hubbard

Yet the civilians have always respected the natural right of a citizen to dispose of his life . . .

— Edward Gibbon

No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.

— Bashar al-Assad

It is doubtless very desirable, that private persons should have a correct knowledge of their personal interests; but it must be infinitely more so,…

— Jean-Baptiste Say

Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.…

— Noam Chomsky

All governments require enemy governments.

— Edward Abbey

“When civilians kill, it is called murder. When governments kill, it is called patriotism.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

We own ourselves. This is the core of a libertarian theory of rights. But on this theory, while we are at liberty to kill…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death…

— Guy de Maupassant

Killing is always wrong, even governments are not exceptions.

— Vijayashanti

We believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.

— Mitch Daniels

“If I went on a killing spree that left thousands of people dead, I'd be branded as the worst kind of criminal. So why…

— Michel Templet