I say only that there are scourges and victims on this earth, and that we must, as much as possible, refuse to be on the side of the scourge. That may seem a bit simple to you, and I don’t know if it’s simple, but I know that it is true. I’ve heard so much reasoning that almost turned my head, and which had turned enough other heads to make them consent to killing, and I understood that all human sorrow came from not keeping language clear.
