Murray Leinster (1896–1975) Novelist, short story writer
The Aliens, p. 92 (originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1957).
Short fiction, Anthropological Note (1957)
“One to destroy, is murder by the law;
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.”
Satire VII, l. 55.
Love of Fame (1725-1728)
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“People are people.” Bert shrugged.
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Numbers sanctify.
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