Dorothy L. Sayers 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.

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.

Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.

Most people go through their whole lives without killing anybody. False argument.

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

It's obvious you shouldn't steal, kill or be cruel.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

I don't believe in murder.

In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.

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

I think crime is probably driven more by morality than anything else.

If I'm not a murderer," asked Corny, "how come I keep killing people?

To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.

Who's the best person you know. Of all the people you know personally, is there anyone who has a sense of right and wrong and lives by it? This was a sticky question because it would have to be Ranger ...but I suspected he occasionally killed people. Only bad people, of course, but still...

Had courage, wisdom, and reason always prevailed in people, there would not have been oppressions and oppressors.

You're trying to tell me that everything you've done is for a good cause. You think that all this killing is worth it because of the results. I'm not sure I agree. Lots of people work for charity; lots of people want to change the world. But they don't have to behave like you.

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

Murder may pass unpunishd for a time, But tardy justice will oertake the crime.

People ask me if I would shoot and kill people, and I don't think I would.

Murder begins where self-defense ends.

Murdering someone would surely prove that you are capable of killing, but it wouldn't be the most reasonable way to understand why you shouldn't do it.

The law, for all its failings, has a noble goal - to make the little bit of life that people can actually control more just. We can't end disease or natural disasters, but we can devise rules for our dealings with one another that fairly weigh the rights and needs of everyone, and which, therefore, reflect our best vision of ourselves.

I don't think you should support the death penalty to seek revenge. I don't think that's right. I think the reason to support the death penalty is because it saves other people's lives.

Can a man who lies, cheats, steals, and sometimes does violence to other people be a man of honor? Kolabati looked into his eyes. "He can if he lies to liars, cheats cheaters, steals from thieves, and limits his violence to those who are violent.

Reality is: Should people steal in this world? Yes. How do I know they should? They all do.