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“I consider violence an uneconomical way of attaining an end. There are always better substitutes, though they may sometimes be a little less direct.”

Way May Littles Ends Sometimes Violence Direct Substitutes

Book:Foundation Trilogy

Source: Foundation Trilogy

“I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates the idea of retribution, thus maintaining the endless cycle of violence in our culture. It is a cruel and useless substitute for the elimination of those conditions--poverty, unemployment, homelessness, desperation, racism, greed--which are at the root of most punished crime. The crimes of the rich and powerful go mostly unpunished.”

“Politics is a substitute for violence.”

Violence Substitutes

Author:Dick Gephardt

“Want of passion is, I think, a very striking characteristic of Americans, not unrelated to their predilection for violence. For very few people truly have a passionate desire to achieve, and violence serves as a kind of substitute.”

People Thinking Want Kind Desire Passion United States Violence Achieve Passionate Characteristics Substitutes Desire To Achieve Passionate Desire

Book:With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey

Source: With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey

“... the unnatural ways we substitute for the natural prove not enough and soon there must be more and more unnaturalness, more and more violence.”

Way Enough Natural Violence Prove Substitutes Unnatural

Book:Before I Kill More ...

Source: Before I Kill More ...

“Satyagraha has been designed as an effective substitute for violence.”

Has Beens Violence Substitutes Satyagraha

Book:Gandhi: Selected Political Writings

Source: Gandhi: Selected Political Writings

“It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war.”

War Violence Substitutes Satyagraha

Book:The Essential Writings

Source: The Essential Writings

“Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion.”

People Government Voice Natural Violence Rebellion Substitutes Disobedience Civil Disobedience

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“India was not a pacifist country at all. India placed great emphasis on the higher value on... on violence. But it was never a substitute for not doing anything, or for cowardice.”

Country Values Violence Higher India Substitutes Cowardice Emphasis Pacifist

Author:Subramanian Swamy