One man must not kill. If he does, it is murder….

But now, instead of discussion and argument
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Argument Army Career Crush Discussion Instead
Might makes right,’ and hoary folly totters on in her mad career escorted by armies and navies.
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Anand Thakur
One man must not kill. If he does, it is murder….
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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?
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Anand Thakur
But a state or nation may kill as many as they please, and it is not murder.
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Anand Thakur
Brute force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right into the dust.
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Anand Thakur
It is just, necessary, commendable, and right.
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Commendable Just Necessary Right
How many does it take to metamorphose wickedness into righteousness?
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Man Metamorphose Religious Righteousness War Wickedness

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