“I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.”

— Abbie Hoffman

Source: Revolution for the Hell of It (1968), p. 187.

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American political and social activist 1936–1989

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“Possibly 20,000,000 were killed in the war against the Nazis and from Nazi occupation, but many more millions were killed in Stalin’s simultaneous war on his own people.”

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Source: Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocide and Mass Murder since 1917 (1990), p. 152

“I believe that more people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.”

Nancy Reagan (1921–2016) actress and first lady of the United States

“Two cannibals were eating a comedian, and one of them turns to the other and asks, 'Does this taste funny to you?”

Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist

“I ask you, is not an alien force already among us? What could be more alien to the universal aspirations of our peoples than war and the threat of war?”

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)

Address to United Nations General Assembly http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/092187b.htm (21 September 1987)
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
Context: Cannot swords be turned to plowshares? Can we and all nations not live in peace? In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet, I ask you, is not an alien force already among us? What could be more alien to the universal aspirations of our peoples than war and the threat of war?