“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
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“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”
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“Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.”
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“All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Hiroshima and Nagasaki were atomized at a time when the Japanese were suing desperately for peace. ”
― Revolutionary Nonviolence: Essays
― Revolutionary Nonviolence: Essays
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