"While I am a convinced pacifist there..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
While I am a convinced pacifist there are circumstances in which I believe the use of force is appropriate - namely, in the face of an enemy unconditionally bent on destroying me and my people.
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“As a human being, one has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when confronted with what exists.”
“There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.”
“We must not only learn to tolerate our differences. We must welcome them as the richness and diversity which can lead to true intelligence.”
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“A fortified town is like a man cased in the heavy armor of antiquity, with a horse-load of broadswords and small arms slung to him, endeavoring to go about his business.”
“I must declare that it is better for India do discard violence altogether even for defending her borders.”
“When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.”