How can justice be attained when, in the expiation of an old wrong, another wrong is to be committed? No reasonable creature would conceive of the idea of obliterating ink stains with ink, or spots of oil with oil. Only blood must be washed out with blood.
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"How can justice be attained when, in the expiation of an old wrong, another wrong is to be committed? No reasonable creature would conceive of the idea of obliterating ink stains with ink, or spots of oil with oil. Only blood must be washed out with blood." — Bertha von Suttner
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How can justice be attained when, in the expiation of an old wrong, another wrong is to be committed? No reasonable creature would conceive of the idea of obliterating ink stains with ink, or spots of oil with oil. Only blood must be washed out with blood. — Bertha von Suttner
About Bertha von Suttner
Bertha von Suttner was a Novelist from Austrian Empire (1843–1914).
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This quote is attributed to Bertha von Suttner, a Novelist from Austrian Empire.
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Bertha von Suttner lived from 1843 – 1914.