“By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority.”
― From Dictatorship to Democracy
― From Dictatorship to Democracy
“Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.”
― The Pursuit of God
― The Pursuit of God
“Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones.”
― From Dictatorship to Democracy
― From Dictatorship to Democracy
“I believe that entertainment and amusements are the work of the Enemy to keep dying men from knowing they're dying; and to keep enemies of God from remembering that they're enemies.”
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“Nonviolent defiance often risks serious casualities, but it seem to produce far fewer casualitie than when both sides use violence.
At the same time, presistence in nonviolent struggle contributes to much greater chance for success than if the resisters had chosen to fight a militarily-prepared opponent violence”
― The anti-coup
At the same time, presistence in nonviolent struggle contributes to much greater chance for success than if the resisters had chosen to fight a militarily-prepared opponent violence”
― The anti-coup
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