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Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others.
Nothing is easier than to get peaceful people to renounce violence, even when they provide no concrete ways to prevent violence from others.
Approximate author period: c. 1930 AD · modern
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- Thomas Sowell
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- Approximate author period: c. 1930 AD · modern
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