Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all

If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all

You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb.

You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, read more

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it were, of genetically undesirable maleness.

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of read more

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too, but there will be no special hurry.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is read more

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god