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    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.

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Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although read more

Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around.

by Dave Barry Found in: Violence Quotes,
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It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of read more

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

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Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

by Martin Luther Found in: Violence Quotes,
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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.

by William O. Douglas Found in: Violence Quotes,
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We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is read more

We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity

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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

by George Orwell Found in: Violence Quotes,
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Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom.

Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom.

by H. G. Wells Found in: Violence Quotes,
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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does read more

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

by Mahatma Gandhi Found in: Violence Quotes,
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Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are read more

Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Violence Quotes,
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