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