Violence is the weapon of the weak, and nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.
George H.W. Bush: “Violence is the weapon of the weak, and nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.”
On the recordApril 16, 1990
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Statement on the Death of Ralph David Abernathy
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