Giovanni Falcone

He who is silent and bows his head dies every time he does so. He who speaks aloud and walks with his head held high dies only once.

One usually dies because one is alone, or because one has got into something over one's head. One often dies because one does not have the right alliances, because one is not given support. In Sicily the Mafia kills the servants of the State that the State has not been able to protect.