"The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence."

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"The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence."

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"I froze, shocked. (And don't try to claim that you did anything different the first time a government bureaucrat pulled a gun on you.)"

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