For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is…

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For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon. ✨ Nelson Mandela (2012). Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom, p.24, Simon and Schuster
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