But a state or nation may kill as many as they please, and it is not murder.

Might makes right,’ and hoary folly totters on in her mad career escorted by armies and navies.
ADIN BALLOU

Anand Thakur
Brute force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right into the dust.
ADIN BALLOU

Anand Thakur
One man must not kill. If he does, it is murder….
ADIN BALLOU

Anand Thakur
Only get people enough to agree to it, and the butchery of myriads of human beings is perfectly innocent. But how many does it take?
ADIN BALLOU

Anand Thakur
But now, instead of discussion and argument
ADIN BALLOU

Argument Army Career Crush Discussion Instead
How many does it take to metamorphose wickedness into righteousness?
ADIN BALLOU

Man Metamorphose Religious Righteousness War Wickedness
But a state or nation may kill as many as they please, and it is not murder.
ADIN BALLOU

Anand Thakur
It is just, necessary, commendable, and right.
ADIN BALLOU

Commendable Just Necessary Right

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