Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. - Abra

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. – Abraham Lincoln

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There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite. – Abraham Lincoln

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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution. – Hannah Arendt

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The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Violence

There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you dont make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life. – Russell Hoban

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Violence

We are supposed to be the children of Seth; but Seth is too much of an effete nonentity to deserve ancestral regard. No, we are the sons of Cain, and with violence can be associated the attacks on sound, stone, wood and metal that produced civilization. – Anthony Burgess

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Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold. – Eric Butterworth

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Biography is one of the new terrors of death. – John Arbuthnot

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Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. – William Shakespeare

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One should always play fair when one has the winning cards. – Oscar Wilde

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