# Quote — Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead

> Only one rabbi dared to expect of us such a perfect balance that we could preserve the law and still forgive the deviation. So, of course, we killed him.

- Author: [Orson Scott Card](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card.md)
- Book: [Speaker for the Dead](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/speaker-for-the-dead.md)
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## More from this book

> "There are worse reasons to die, than to die because you cannot bear to kill." "What about someone who can’t kill, and can’t die, and can’t live, either?" "Don’t deceive yourself. You’ll do all three someday."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/speaker-for-the-dead/there-are-worse.md)

> No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/speaker-for-the-dead/no-human-being.md)

> You killed more people than anybody in history." said Olhado, "Be the best at whatever you do, that's what my mother always told me.” said Ender

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/orson-scott-card/speaker-for-the-dead/you-killed-more.md)