The Brothers Lionheart

But I can't kill anyone,' said Jonathan, 'you know that Orvar!' 'Not even if it means your life?' asked Orvar. 'No, not even then,' said Jonathan. Orvar couldn't understand this and Mattias hardly could, either. 'If everyone were like you,' said Orvar, 'then evil would rule for all eternity!' But then I said that if everyone were like Jonathan, then there would be no evil.

Why did you save Park's life, was that so good?' 'I don't know if it was such a good thing to do,' said Jonathan. 'But there are things you have to do, otherwise you're not a human being, just a piece of dirt. I've said this to you before.' 'But what if he'd realized who you were?' I said. 'And they had caught you!' 'Well, then they would've caught Lionheart and not a piece of dirt,' said Jonathan.

Men jag kan inte döda någon’, sa Jonatan, ’det vet du, Orvar!’ […] ’Om alla vore som du’, sa Orvar, ’då skulle ju ondskan få regera i all evinnerlighet!’ Men då sa jag att om alla vore som Jonatan, så skulle det inte finnas någon ondska.

But I can’t kill anyone,” said Jonathan. “You know that, Orvar.” “Not even if it’s a question of your own life?” said Orvar. “No, not even then,” said Jonathan. Orvar couldn’t understand that, and neither could Mathias. “If everyone were like you,” said Orvar, “then evil would reign forever.” But then I said that if everyone were like Jonathan, there wouldn’t be any evil.