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I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.


Shirin Ebadi

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BOB WALBERG Nothing is more useful than silence.
MENANDER Nothing is more useful than silence.
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ALEXANDR SOLZHENITSYN Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.
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