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“Everyday hundreds of people came to the hospital... dying, and I have to introduce life into them again... my duty was to compete with death.”

People Suffering Dying Duty Everyday Hospitals Introducing

Author:Ala Bashir

“It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying.”

Dying Duty Doctors Long Life Prolonging

Author:Bill Vaughan

“I have a very hard time with this word 'non-violence,' because I don't believe that I am non-violent. ... Right now, I would love to kill George Bush. I don't know how I ever got a Nobel Peace Prize, because when I see children die, the anger in me is just beyond belief. It's our duty as human beings, whatever age we are, to become the protectors of human life.”

“Duties are ours; events are God's. This removes an infinite burden from the shoulders of a miserable, tempted, dying creature. On this consideration only, can he securely lay down his head, and close his eyes.”

Eye Dying Events Duty Creatures Infinite Lays Burden Shoulders Miserable His Eyes Consideration Remove Tempted

Book:The works of the Rev. Richard Cecil ... with a memoir of his life: Arranged and rev., with a view of the author's character

Source: The works of the Rev. Richard Cecil ... with a memoir of his life: Arranged and rev., with a view of the author's character

“Multi-billion-dollar multinational corporations view the exploitation of the world's sick and dying as a sacred duty to their shareholders.”

World Views Dying Duty Sick Sacred Dollars Billions Corporations Exploitation Shareholders Multinationals Multinational Corporations Sick And Dying

Author:John le Carre

“Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.”

“The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone.”