{...} suppose you had done that, suppose it were true - {...} would you kill a...

{...} suppose you had done that, suppose it were true - {...} would you kill a man, an innocent man-'
'Mundt's a killer himself.'
'Suppose he wasn't. Suppose it were me they wanted to kill: would London do it?'
'It depends … it depends on the need …'
'Ah,' said Fiedler contentedly, 'it depends on the need. Like Stalin, in fact. The traffic accident and the statistics. That is a great relief.'
'Why?'
'{...} We're all the same, you know, that's the joke.