Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Isaac Asimov, Salvor Hardin in “Foundation”
US science fiction novelist & scholar (1920 – 1992)
Found at The Quotations Page
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“When people think they possess the secret of a perfect social organization which makes evil impossible, they also think that they can use any means, including violence and deceit, in order to bring it into being.” –John Paul II
Counter:
“I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence. ”
– Malcolm X
How about: “Refusing to stand up to violence with superior force is the last gasp of the soon-to-be-dead.”
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jhunter, yes, that’s a good one too… I’m thinking Mark Twain? I could look it up
I also likes its vocabulary parallel: “Profanity is the last refuge of the inarticulate (or uncreative or scoundrel).”