Cain killed his brother Abel
with a rock because of hate
But in the end
Cain didn’t win
Hate never wins
Pontius Pilate killed Jesus
had him crucified and buried
But in the end
Pilate didn’t win
Hate never wins
Caligula killed for pleasure
was a truly evil emperor
But in the end
Caligula didn’t win
Hate never wins
Ivan the Terrible killed his own son
in a fit of characteristic rage
But in the end
Ivan didn’t win
Hate never wins
Hitler killed the Jews and more
in gas chambers and by firing squad
But in the end
Hitler didn’t win
Hate never wins
Saddam Hussein killed all opposition
reigning terror on the nation he led
But in the end
Hussein didn’t win
Hate never wins
Pol Pot killed a million Cambodians
by starvation, imprisonment, and murder
But in the end
Pol Pot didn’t win
Hate never wins
Francois Duvalier terrorized Haiti
assassinating many, leaving them poor
But in the end
Duvalier didn’t win
Hate never wins
Idi Amin killed fellow Ugandans
by torture and executions
But in the end
Amin didn’t win
Hate never wins
Islamic extremists kill Christians,
Hindus, Muslims who don’t agree with them
But in the end
They won’t win
Hate never wins
Even when the battle is lost
Hate never wins its war against love
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