People who say, “violence is not the answer” are pretending they don’t know history. [More]
There can be no peace with such as these. Nor coexistence.
It’s not just that they don’t want it– they’re incapable of it.
[Via WiscoDave]
Notes from the Resistance
‘ People who say, “violence is not the answer” are pretending they don’t know history. ‘
They should sit down and have a serious discussion on the topic of “violence as a problem solver” with the next Carthaginian they meet.
Anyone who clings to the historically untrue-and thoroughly immoral-doctrine that, ‘violence never settles anything’ I would advise to conjure the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedom.
–ROBERT HEINLEIN