“ The Oxen and the Butchers The oxen once upon a time sought to destroy the Butchers, who practiced a trade destructive to their race. They assembled on a certain day to carry out their purpose, and sharpened their horns for the contest. But one of them who was exceedingly old (for many a field had he plowed) thus spoke: These Butchers, it is true, slaughter us, but they do so with skillful hands, and with no unnecessary pain… ”
- Aesop- Copy
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“ The butcher with his bloody apron incites bloodshed, murder. Why not? From cutting the throat of a young calf to cutting the throat of our brothers and sisters is but a step. While we are ourselves the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal conditions on the earth? ”
- Isadora Duncan- Copy
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“ All the entertainment and talk of history is nothing almost but fighting and killing: and the honour and renown that is bestowed on conquerors (who for the most part are but the great butchers of mankind) farther mislead growing youth, who by this means come to think slaughter the laudable business of mankind, and the most heroic of virtues. ”
- John Locke- Copy
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“ The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. ”
- Jennifer Aniston- Copy
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“ Who finds the heifer dead and bleeding fresh And sees fast-by a butcher with an axe, But will suspect 'twas he that made the slaughter? ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ I do not think that condemning people who murder and killing them necessarily sends out the right message. ”
- Charlize Theron- Copy
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“ Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior. ”
- Jack Schwartz- Copy
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“ The genocide of Rwanda will define for our generation the consequences of inaction in the face of mass murder. ”
- Kofi Annan- Copy
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“ Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder. ”
- George Eliot- Copy
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“ New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed… a race for rent. ”
- Frank Lloyd Wright- Copy
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“ The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America and the introduction of African slaves in their place. ”
- Arthur Schopenhauer- Copy
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“ For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love. ”
- Pythagoras- Copy
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“ There's a lot of massacres going on in the world. As you know, 37,000 Kurds in Turkey, over a million people in Sudan. We have hundreds of thousands in Rwanda and Burundi. I mean, where do we stop? ”
- Sean Hannity- Copy
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“ There are always survivors at a massacre. Among the victors, if nowhere else. ”
- Lois McMaster Bujold- Copy
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“ As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. ”
- Pythagoras- Copy
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