Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

-Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett
  The Cynic's Word Book. Retitled  The Devil's Dictionary (1911).

   Thetechnologyofdecentralization can bethesaviouror assassin of contemporary and future society. The role of architects may be uncertain, but the role of architecture is not. In order to look forward society may sometimes haveto look back.This it should do inorder to learnfrom previous mistakes and oversights and to preclude similar eventualities in the future. This does not imply historical dependency, as some would assert. The symbiosis of architecture and technology should prevail, engendered by honesty and integrity. The task will not be easy.

-Murphy, Ian
  'The impact of the environment: the shock of the new', in Ben Farmer and Hentie Louw (eds) Companion to Contemporary Architectural Thought (1993).

The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin's bullet.Or it can be the lotion of the heart.

-Smith
  In the NewYorker,10 Dec.

When Abraham Lincoln was shovelled into the tombs, he forgot the copperheads and the assassin† in the dust, in the cool tombs.

-Sandburg, Carl
  Cornhuskers,'CoolTombs'.