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“Right and left; the hothouse and the street. The Right can only live and work hermetically, in the hothouse of the past, while outside the Left prosecute their affairs in the streets manipulated by mob violence. And cannot live but in the dreamscape of the future.”

Past Left Violence Streets Affair

Book:V.: A Novel

Source: V.: A Novel

“The use of violence is justified only under a tyranny which makes reforms without violence impossible, and should have only one aim, that is, to bring about a state of affairs which makes reforms without violence possible.”

Should States Use Violence Impossible Atheism Should Have Aim Affair Positive Atheism Tyranny Reform Justified

Book:The Open Society and Its Enemies

Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies

“The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.”

Humans Evil Violence Mankind Injustice Affair Ancient Rulers Remedy Scarce

Book:An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: A Selected Edition

Source: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: A Selected Edition

“We will not permit the triumph of violence in the affairs of men; free people will set the course of history.”

People Men Courses Violence Affair Triumph Permit

Author:George W. Bush

“If the most important revolutionary part of the George W. Bush Doctrine is that states that harbor terrorists are terrorist states, what do we conclude from that? We conclude exactly what Kissinger was kind enough to say: These doctrines are unilateral. They are not intended as doctrines of international law or doctrines of international affairs. They are doctrines that grant the U.S. the right to use force and violence and to harbor terrorists, but not anyone else.”

Ifs Kind Important States Enough Use Law Force Violence Affair International Terrorist Doctrine Revolutionary Grants Harbors International Law International Affairs Kissinger

Author:Noam Chomsky