sentence2: For all who take the sword will perish by the sword”—I would probably have swiftly, and naively, answered: “Impossible! I neither have the ability nor the desire to end someone’s life.” Without much further thought I would probably have added: “—whoever this person is, and no matter what atrocities they have committed.”
sentence1: فأنا لا أمتلك القدرة ولا الرغبة بأن أنهي حياة إنسان ما" ولاستطردت بثقة مرتاحة "أي كان هذا الإنسان، ومهما كانت صفاته ومهما كانت شناعة ما ارتكب".