The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in in…

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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution. ✨ Hannah Arendt (1970). On Violence, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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