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Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would read more
Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler would referee. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor; and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms.
Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
Deliberate violence is more to be quenched than a fire.
Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high read more
Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the only effective response.
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will read more
If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
Violence is as American as cherry pie.
Violence is as American as cherry pie.
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a read more
If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.
These violent delights have violent ends.
These violent delights have violent ends.
In violence, we forget who we are
In violence, we forget who we are
