«Anyone who clings to
the historically untrue
— and thoroughly immoral —
doctrine that
‘violence never settles anything’
I would advise to conjure up
the ghosts of
Napoleon Bonaparte and of
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 freedoms.»
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— Lt. Col. Jean V. Dubois (Ret.)
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