Manslaughter Quotes

• There is a big difference between manslaughter and first-degree murder.

  Laura Hall

  Differences, Degrees, Firsts

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• Those who praise victory relish manslaughter. Those who relish manslaughter cannot reach their goals in the world.

  Laozi

  Goal, Taoism, Victory

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• I think the most horrible name for a crime has to be manslaughter. ... "I slaughtered a man! Just like a pig! Put him on a spit and put an apple in his mouth!"

  Brian Regan

  Funny, Men, Thinking

  "Brian Regan: The Epitome of Hyperbole". Stand up comedy, 2008.

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• In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry,
  wherein a man by reading should be led to none other end, but only
  to manslaughter and bawdry.

  Roger Ascham

  Father, Book, Reading

  Roger Ascham (1815). “The English Works. A New Ed”, p.55

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• In this state, dig it, you get twenty years for sale of dope to a minor. You only get five to ten for manslaughter. So like, the thing is, if you're selling to a kid and cops come, shoot the kid real quick!

  Abbie Hoffman

  Real, Kids, Dope

  "Chicago". Record on the spoken word album "Wake Up America!", 1971.

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• But this word will I say to my enemies: What is all manslaughter in comparison with what you have done to me!

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Pain, Enemy, Suffering

  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2015). “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, p.121, Booklassic

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• I hate motorcycles. Because if I hit one, even if it's not my fault, if I've done nothing wrong, I'm not charged with manslaughter, he's gonna die, because he's on a motorcycle. So I have to live my life knowing that I killed this guy.

  Chuck Klosterman

  Hate, Knowing, Guy

  "Chuck Klosterman's greatest fears". Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. October 27, 2009.

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• Not using fossil fuels is tantamount to not using energy. It is economic suicide and eco-manslaughter.

  Paul Driessen

  Suicide, Energy, Fuel

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• If a doctor assists you in your suicide, it is called manslaughter, while if a tobacco company does, it is called commerce.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Suicide, Doctors, Doe

  Neale Donald Walsch (2005). “The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue”, p.549, Penguin

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• We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much-vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples?

  Seneca the Younger

  War, Mad, Justice

  "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter XCV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1925.

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• It is important that gang members are aware that if they engage in aggravated assault, maiming, kidnapping, or manslaughter that they will receiving a minimum sentence of 30 years.

  Albert Wynn

  Gang Members, Years, Aggravation

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