murderer - quotes

Stephen (Butler) Leacock, 1869-1944

was a Canadian economist and humorist

Newspapermen learn to call a murderer “an alleged murderer” and the King of England “the alleged King of England” to avoid libel suits.

Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), 1694-1778

was a French author, humanist, rationalist, and satirist

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Jean Rostand, 1894-1977

was a French biologist and philosopher

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

( “Thoughts of a Biologist”, 1939 )