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Blaise Pascal Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
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"Must we kill to prevent there being any wicked? This is to make both parties wicked instead of one."

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Ray Bradbury Author
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""That's sad," said Montag, quietly, "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's all it can ever know.""

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Rebecca West Novelist, Journalist
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"... there has never been a period in history when there have been necessary killings which has not been instantly followed by a period when there have been unnecessary killings."

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Tom Robbins Novelist, Essayist
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"When we accept bad art because it's good politics, we're killing the swan to feed the chickens."

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Sophocles Playwright, Philosopher
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"No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over?"

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