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George H.W. Bush: “Violence is the weapon of the weak, and nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.”

On the recordApril 16, 1990
Violence is the weapon of the weak, and nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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