"So in politics this is nonsense, non-violence. It is nonsense, cowardism. In politics in sweet words you cannot get. There must be fight, arms. That is army. 'If you don't agree, then fist.' That is politics. There must be violence. Otherwise you cannot control. When there is educated good men, then you can argue. But when people are ruffians, there is no question of good..."
(Srila Prabhupada, Morning Walk, December 30th, 1973, Los Angeles)
(Srila Prabhupada, Morning Walk, December 30th, 1973, Los Angeles)
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"So, this is foolishness. You become very bold enough, 'Now I shall cook without fire.' You are a rascal number one. Gandhi did it. Actually he could not drive away the Britishers by nonviolence, for thirty years, thirty-five years he struggled. When Subash Bose introduced violence, they were forced out. This is politics. Politics and nonviolence (incompatible). There is no history in the world that politics has been successful without violence, and he introduced this. So how much foolish he was, you can understand."
(Srila Prabhupada, Morning Walk, May 8th, 1975, Perth)
John Rackham@pathfinder1776 Nov 7, 2021
"Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the Gate:
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his gods"
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome