"To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
To kill, I grant, is sin's extremest gust;But, in defence, by mercy, 'tis most just.
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More on Morality
“Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.”
“Science in England, in America, is jealous of theory, hates the name of love and moral purpose. There's revenge for this humanity.What manner of man does science make? The boy is not attracted. He says, I do not wish to be such a kind of man as my professor is.”
“In order for once to get a glimpse of our European morality from a distance, in order to compare it with other earlier or future moralities, one must do as the traveller who wants to know the height of the towers of a city: he leaves the city.”
More on Self Defense
“I am a Muslim, because it's a religion that teaches you an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. It teaches you to respect everybody, and treat everybody right. But it also teaches you if someone steps on your toe, chop off their foot. And I carry my religious axe with me all the time.”
“I think that the negro should reserve the right to execute.”
“Nobody should teach the black man in America to turn the other cheek, unless someone is teaching the white man in America to turn the other cheek.”