Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army general…

Nhat Hanh
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Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army generals, for example, conduct their operations in ways that avoid killing innocent people; this is a kind of nonviolence. ✨ Thich Nhat Hanh (1993). Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change, p.65, Parallax Press
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Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army generals, for example, conduct their operations in ways that avoid killing innocent people; this is a kind of nonviolence. ✨ Thich Nhat Hanh (1993). Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change, p.65, Parallax Press

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