Violence is for fools and emergencies. The less of a fool you are, the fewer emergencies you will have.

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About John Maude

John Cyril Maude KC (3 April 1901 – 16 August 1986) was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1951, and then became a judge.

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It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

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Each drew his sword / On the side of the Lord.

—Phyllis McGinley

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Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

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Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

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Nonviolence doesn't always work—but violence never does.

—Madge Micheels-Cyrus

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