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“I have, therefore, not hesitated to say that it is better to be violent, if there is violence in our breasts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. Violence is any day preferable to impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent.”
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- quote
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- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 6efccd6d20a89def2079696bef30d831c87b5ce918a42881d5a2c15b3b34dd69
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