Quote of the Day for 2016-08-25

"There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people for a purpose which is unattainable."

— Howard Zinn (1922-2010) "Terrorism Over Tripoli," Failure to Quit (1993)

Shoes from the La Belle discothèque bombing in West Berlin (April 7, 1986) Photograph by Paul Langrock

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-18

"If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers."

— Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808-1890) Les Guêpes, volume 6, January 1849

Mug shot of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was convicted of murdering his three daughters by arson, and executed at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville on February 17, 2004. Subsequent investigations concluded his trial and rejected appeals were a gross miscarriage of justice.

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-07

"When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him Vandal. When he wantonly destroys one of the works of God we call him Sportsman."

— Joseph Wood Krutch (1893-1970) "The Vandal and the Sportsman," The Great Chain of Life

Dr. Walter Palmer, dentist and avid big game hunter from Minnesota, who is accused of killing a protected lion named Cecil, in Zimbabwe in June 2015.

Quote of the Day for 2015-09-24

"Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war—for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more."

— John Lennon (1940-1980) Quoted in The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics

John Lennon as Pvt. Gripweed in How I Won the War (1967)

Quote of the Day for 2015-09-23

"Assassination is the extreme form of censorship."

— George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet, Preface

The blood stained lyrics to Shir La’Shalom (Song of Peace) found in Yitzhak Rabin's pocket, after his assassination by Yigal Amir at Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv, following a rally in support of the Oslo Peace Accord (November 4, 1995).

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-28

"[America is] just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at all about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable."

— Hunter S. Thompson (1939-2005) Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, September

President Nixon, while Vietnam War protesters interrupted a campaign rally at the Nassau Coliseum
on Long Island, NY, October 23, 1972. (Photograph by Michael Evans for The New York Times)