Quote

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

I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.

To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.

I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man.

I think, as written, 'Assassins' simply acknowledges the very human need to be acknowledged. As director, I've got to put aside any particular biases or prejudices that, as a moral human being, this is not an appropriate or acceptable way to get what you want.

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea.