This viral quote appears to be a rephrasing of a line written by Clarence Darrow, a lawyer who is perhaps best known for his involvement in the “Scopes Monkey Trial” of 1925 in which he defended an educator for teaching evolution in a public school, in his biography “The Story of My Life.”
Darrow wrote: “All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.”
I feel the same way about this as I did about the Trump assassination attempt.
I’m upset he got shot at, but I’m not upset he got shot.
This is an indication of the real tension in the US right now.
“I have never wished a man to die, but I have often read the obituaries with glee.”
(Poorly quoted, don’t remember the attribution)
I thought it was Twain but the interwebs says no
Yeah - I’d heard that too but everything is attributed to him and most of it is false… Darrow though - I wouldn’t have guessed that!