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“I think that as a writer your responsibility is to search for and stir up the things that are in this world. There is violence in all of us, and beauty, and strength, and weakness. What's my job? To only write about the good and the beauty, or is it to write about all of it? That's my greater responsibility, to write about them as I see them and as they are.”

Thinking World Writing Jobs Responsibility Greater Violence This World Weakness Strength And Weakness

Author:Markus Zusak

“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.”

Peace Violence Kings Weakness Hatred Ultimate Non Violence Spirals Being At Peace Descending Violence And Peace Media Violence

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Violence is the sign of temporary weakness.”

Violence Weakness Temporary

Author:Jean Jaures

“If there are sound reasons or bases for the points you demand, then there is no need for violence. On the other hand, when there is no sound reason that concessions should be made to you but mainly your own desire, then reason cannot work and you have to rely on force. Thus using force is not a sign of strength but rather a sign of weakness.”

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Author:Dalai Lama

“Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.”

Humans Violence Weakness Obligation Concessions Satyagraha

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind.”

Mind Violence Weakness Difficulty Meetings Arise

Book:The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi

“There were various aspects of Sun Tzu's approach that appealed to Ho Chi Minh: a) to learn to understand both the enemy and yourself, to seek out his weaknesses and your own strengths, and act accordingly, b) to make ample use of subterfuge and stratagem in order to defeat or disarm your adversary, and c) to use outright violence only when absolutely necessary in the belief that political struggle was more effective than military struggle.”

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Author:William J. Duiker

“Conservatism means believing in a strong national defense. Not because we want war, but because we love peace. Because history has taught us a painful lesson, that weakness is the enemy of peace. That weakness invites violence, that weakness invites war.”

Believe Mean War Strong Enemy Violence Weakness Painful Conservatism

Author:Marco Rubio