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“Have you heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly, I seek God! I seek God! As many of those who do not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter... Whither is God, he cried. I shall tell you. We have killed him - you and I. All of us are murderers.... God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.”

Believe Belief Hours Morning Heard Laughter Standing Remains Ran Believe In God Cried Murderer Lit Madmen Incessantly Lanterns Provoked God Is Dead

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“To crush, to annihilate a man utterly, to inflict on him the most terrible of punishments so that the most ferocious murderer would shudder at it and dread it beforehand, one need only give him work of an absolutely, completely useless and irrational character.”

Men Needs Giving Character Work Terrible Punishment Useless Crush Dread Irrational Murderer

Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.”

States Turns Masters Gay Punishment Murderer Imprisonment Capital Punishment Dungeons

Author:Jesse Jackson

“I don't break the law* made for crooks, when I take away my own property - thus I am not obliged to conform to the law made for murderers when I deprive myself of my own life.”

Made Law My Own Break Suicide Property Conform Murderer Obliged My Own Life Crooks

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Those who believe in their truth -- the only ones whose imprint is retained by the memory of men -- leave the earth behind them strewn with corpses. Religions number in their ledgers more murders than the bloodiest tyrannies account for, and those whom humanity has called divine far surpass the most conscientious murderers in their thirst for slaughter.”

Men Believe Earth Humanity Memories Numbers Behinds Atheism Divine Accounts Prejudice Murder Tyranny Bigotry Thirst Murderer Corpses Slaughter

Book:A short history of decay

Source: A short history of decay

“Every premeditated murder is always governed by a preparatory ceremonial and is always followed by a propitiatory ceremonial. The meaning of both eludes the murderers mind.”

Mind Murder Killing Murderer Elude

Book:The selected writings of Jean Genet

Source: The selected writings of Jean Genet

“You kill three people, they call you a murderer. You kill a million people, they call you a conqueror. Go figure.”

People Three Politics Millions Figures Murderer Conqueror

Author:John Lithgow

“Even in my most inflamed moment I never supported a racist mass murderer.”

Moments Mass Racist Murderer

Author:Bernardine Dohrn

“I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It's such a blow.”

Years Has Beens House Rooms My Friends Years Ago Victim Impact Killing Blow Range Funeral Murderer Stunned

Author:Karin Fossum

“Word to God, we murderers.”

Author:Ja Rule

“Do people really believe there's something different about the eyes of murderers?”

People Believe Different Eye Murderer

Author:Bill James

“A murderer is nothing but an enzyme. In the end he does nothing but catalyze an inevitable process. As a good precursor, in fact, he anticipates it.”

Doe Ends Facts Process Inevitable Murderer Rebellious Anticipate Precursor Enzymes

Author:William C. Brown