Death Quotes
It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
"It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners."— Albert Camus
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Meaning of this quote
Intellectual responsibility includes refusing to excuse organized cruelty. The line asks thinking people to consider the moral side their arguments serve.
Key takeaway:
Question explanations that make violence against people seem acceptable.
Origin of the quote
Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States (1980), Chapter 1, paraphrasing Camus.
Who actually said this?
Likely misattributedZinn explicitly presents the idea as something Camus suggested. The posted sentence extracts Zinn’s wording and turns it into a direct Camus quotation.
