Since we all know that death is inevitable, I don't really see the difference between dying now and dying a decade later. So if I'm threatened with assassination, I welcome it! Miriam Defensor-Santiago assassinationdeathdecade Change image and share on social
There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death. Mary Stewart closedeathlive Change image and share on social
Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly. Jean Baudrillard believebeneathdeath share on social
The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island. John Millington Synge complaintdeatheighty Change image and share on social
Give the peasants neither life nor death. Ieyasu Tokugawa deathgivelife Change image and share on social
There is no moral distinction between fur and other materials made from animals, such as leather, which also is the result of the suffering and death of sentient beings. Gary L. Francione animalbeingdeath Change image and share on social
The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death. Voltaire consciencedeathenjoy Change image and share on social
Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends, to the eternal world; it has proved itself stronger than death. Dean Inge belongconsecratedeath Change image and share on social
The death of what's dead is the birth of what's living. Arlo Guthrie birthdeaddeath Change image and share on social
If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility. Antonin Scalia abortionadoptaficionado share on social