Fethullah Gulen Quotes
Savage people realize their aims through fighting, through conflict. Cultivated and intellectual souls believe that they will attain their aims through thought and discussion.
Gülen, M. Fethullah. Pearls of Wisdom. Tughra Books, 2005.
While this was a common attitude for years before, the horrors of World War II produced a general revulsion to war and an awareness that war between two nations spills over to other states in the region and in an era of globalization, effects countries in other parts of the world. So there has been a tendency to use diplomacy endlessly, even after "things have gone too far". Historically, when things reached that point, the parties did fight it out, and when one was weakened sufficiently, negotiations and diplomacy could then be fruitful.
The first clause of the disjunction was a favorite quote used by Lyndon Johnson during negotiations over civil rights legislation, 1964-1965. While he did not utter the second clause, many familiar with the Bible and Johnson’s tactics, took its meaning also.
The highest court in New York.
Shortly after, he backed off the notion of having a bloodbath removing protesting students.
