“The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.”
“When you fight a war against a tyrant, who do you kill? You kill the victims of the tyrant.”
“Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end.”
“I killed a flea this morning. I may have been a bit overzealous, because I accidentally killed the cat too.”
“The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it far more easily than he can kill other people.”
“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.”