“We are agreed that before we kill each other we should better serve mankind by killing those who order us to kill each other.”
Source: The Stone That Never Came Down (1973), Chapter 23 (p. 180)
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Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Seventh Son (1987), Chapter 11.
“We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.”
“If there is a decree from Ranee [Rajya Laxmi], we must kill each other.”
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
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
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“Religious wars are basically people killing each other over who has the better imaginary friend.”
There is no known basis to attribute this saying to Napoleon. It is found (unattributed) in a Usenet post from July 1999 https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=soc.penpals/QIUrpkacWyE/FbCj7pij5WwJ.
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Remarks at a memorial for Joshua Nkomo (2 July 2000), referring to the Gukurahundi massacres. Quoted in Mugabe: Power, Plunder, and the Struggle for Zimbabwe's Future (2009) by Martin Meredith
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