Why is it that if a man kills another man in battle, it's called heroic, yet if he kills a man in the heat of passion, it's called murder?

Wayne's World

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Topic

War Murder

Speaker

Glen

Actor

Ed O'Neill

Source

Wayne's World

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

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I doubt whether any of these people, with their academic or dogmatic hatred of war, detest it as much as I do. They probably have not seen the bodies rotting on the ground and smelled the stench of decaying human flesh...What separates me from the pacifists is that I hate the Nazis more than I hate war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Topic
Pacifism and nonviolence War

Author

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. Letter to Arthur Eisenhower. 2 July. 1943.

Another quote from the following genre Comedy

Truthiness. Now I'm sure some of the word police-the wordinistas-over at Webster's are gonna say, "Hey, that's not a word." Well, anybody who knows me knows I'm no fan of dictionaries or reference books...I don't trust books. They're all fact, no heart.

Stephen Colbert

The Colbert Report

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Topic
Truth
Speaker
Stephen Colbert
Source
The Colbert Report
Medium
TV program
Genre
Comedy (TV) Comedy
Language
English
Time
2005 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

"Truthiness." The Colbert Report, created by Stephen Colbert, season 1, episode 1, Spartina Productions and Busboy Productions and Comedy Partners, 2005.

Another quote of the following type Question

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the end of Being and ideal Grace.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Topic
Being in love Love

Author

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Source
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Medium
Sonnet Poem
Statement Type
Profession of love Question
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Sonnets from the Portuguese. London: Chapman and Hall, 1850, sonnet 43.

Current Citation

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. "Sonnets from the Portuguese." Aurora Leigh and Other Poems, edited by John Robert Glorney Bolton and Julia Bolton Holloway. Penguin Classics, 1996, sonnet 43.