To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.
Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.
A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.
Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.
In the attempt to defeat death man has been inevitably obliged to defeat life, for the two are inextricably related. Life moves on to death, and to deny one is to deny the other.
You can kill a body, but you cannot kill the great and noble idea of peace.
Under well-settled legal principles, lethal force against a valid military objective, in an armed conflict, is consistent with the law of war and does not, by definition, constitute an 'assassination.'
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.
I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.