Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

So?" Bob said. "Hat up, go kill her. Problem solved." "Bob," I said. "You can't just go around killing people." "I know. That's why you should do it." "No, no. I can't go around killing people, either.

If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.

Here's a little tip for you. If you don't like being called a murderer, don't kill people.

He kills people. Now I'm no expert, but doesn't that make you a bad person?" Jamie glared at Nick. "You've killed a lot more people than he has. What does that make you?" "Not a person," Nick murmured, not sounding particularly interested. "Surely you remember.

As a society are we going to murder people to show that murder is wrong

My only fear is doing something contrary to human nature - the wrong thing, the wrong way, or at the wrong time.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do wrong, because you can remain the friend of the sufferer; who would want to be the friend of and have to live together with a murderer? Not even another murderer.

Still, it doesn't do to murder people, no matter how offensive they may be.

...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

If I could, Sister James, I would certainly choose to live in innocence. But innocence can only be wisdom in a world without evil. Situations arise and we are confronted with wrongdoing and the need to act.

Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them?

All killing is not murder any more than all sexual intercourse is adultery.

Too great a preoccupation with motives (especially one's own motive) is liable to lead to too little concern for consequences.

Can you do that?” Thomas asked. “Huh?” “Kill someone three times.” “I’d figure out a way.

The right to do something doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.

Nothing can justify war.

The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.

Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality.

The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

I don't believe in murder.

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

It's wrong to kill.