There is no force more liberating than the knowledge that you are fighting for others.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them.
That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes.
Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
Sooner or later we've all got to confront the reality that we have got to come to understand who we are and what we're doing, and the extent to which we are guided or manipulated by forces that are beyond our control.
When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural, as well as moral and intellectual.
It isn't until you begin to fight in your own cause that you become really committed to winning and become a genuine ally of other people struggling for their freedom.
If you focus on the actions of others and allow them to constantly upset you, then you are handing your peace over to them and giving away your power.
Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.