John Brunner book The Stone That Never Came Down
Source: The Stone That Never Came Down (1973), Chapter 23 (p. 180)
Upon hearing that neo-fascist youth had attacked other youth reading a communist paper, as quoted in "From the archive, 30 September 1978: Pope John Paul I dies of heart attack" by George Armstrong, in The Guardian (30 September 2013) http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/sep/30/pope-john-paul-1-death-vatican
John Brunner book The Stone That Never Came Down
Source: The Stone That Never Came Down (1973), Chapter 23 (p. 180)
“In the end, it is ideas for which people kill each other.”
Simon Blackburn (1944) British academic philosopher
Introduction, p. 11
Think (1999)
“Bodily decrepitude is wisdom; young
We loved each other and were ignorant.”
W.B. Yeats book The Winding Stair and Other Poems
After Long Silence http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1432/ <br class="br">The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933) <br class="br">Context: Speech after long silence; it is right,<br>All other lovers being estranged or dead,<br>Unfriendly lamplight hid under its shade,<br>The curtains drawn upon unfriendly night,<br>That we descant and yet again descant<br>Upon the supreme theme of Art and Song:<br>Bodily decrepitude is wisdom; young<br>We loved each other and were ignorant.
“We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.”
Jimmy Carter (1924) American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)
“Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?”
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
Source: Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995: An Exhibition Catalogue
“If there is a decree from Ranee [Rajya Laxmi], we must kill each other.”
Mathabar Singh Thapa (1798–1845) Last Mukhtiyar and First Prime Minister of Nepal
To nephew Jang Bahadur Rana as quoted on Yadav, Pitambar Lal (2000); Nepalko Rajnaitik Itihas; publisher - Bijay Kumar (Saharsa); page: 157 http://nkcs.org.np/cdc/library/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=5631 <br class="br">Variation: In the Rājakāja if circumstances arises, we must kill each other without hesitation. Quoted on J.B.R., Diamond Shumsher (1970); Seto Bagh; publisher: Sajha Prakashan, Lalitpur <br class="br">Quote
“You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend.”
Richard Jeni (1957–2007) American comedian