“I don't believe in a perfect world. I don't believe it's achievable, and I believe the people who try to achieve it usually end up turning it into something like Cambodia or something very similar because purity tests set in. Are you ideologically pure enough to be allowed to live? Well, it turns out that very few people are, so you end up with a big powerful struggle and a mass killing scene.” PeopleWorldTryingBelieveWellsEndsEnoughBigsTurnsI BelievePerfectPowerfulStruggleAchieveScenePureMassTestsKillingDon't BelievePurityLive WellA Perfect WorldCambodia Author:Margaret Atwood
“Terrorism and war have something in common. They both involve the killing of innocent people to achieve what the killers believe is a good end.” PeopleBelieveWarEndsCommonAchieveKillingTerrorismInnocentKillers Author:Howard Zinn
“If tomorrow we decided only to desist from killing and causing suffering for sport and entertainment, the world would be significantly better for animals. Even this we have failed to achieve.” IfsWorldWould BeSufferingSportsAnimalAchieveTomorrowDecidedKillingEntertainment Author:Andrew Linzey
“The destruction that we have wreaked in the various theaters in which we've been engaged is really quite astonishing. But again, lethality, destruction, killing doesn't seem to achieve our objectives. So, my own sense is that a lack of lethality does not define the core problem.” DoeProblemSeemsMy OwnAchieveDestructionTheaterKillingVariousCoreObjectivesEngagedAstonishing Author:James Mattis