859 – “There are perhaps many causes worth dying for, but to me, certainly, there are none worth killing for.”

–Albert Dietrich [See Source Notes for further information]

Quote Number:  72

Source: Dietrich, Albert to Sterling F Mutz. Letter. January 31, 1943. AGD-NSBRO File. In Army GI, Pacifist CO: The WWII Letters of Frank and Albert Dietrich. Edited by Scott H Bennett. Fordham University Press: New York. 2005. Pg 36. Online Here.

Source Notes: Often this or a similar quote is attributed to Albert Camus, but others and I have been unable to locate this quote in any of his extent work.

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