The role of the intellectual cannot be to excuse the violence of one side and condemn that of the other.
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To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.
The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.
The absence and suppression of justice can only open the way for extremists to exploit such a condition to perpetrate acts of violence against innocents.
We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.
Conflict cannot survive without your participation.
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
Violent statements and threats cannot provide a solution to the problem. They can only exacerbate feeling and make a clash of forces inevitable.
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