Thomas Mellon Quotes
The proposition that we should encourage wickedness and violence by exposing one side of the face to blows because we have been beaten on the other is too great an absurdity.
Topics
Face
Retaliation
Violence
Absurdity
Aggression
Great
Wickedness
Beating
Immoral Behavior
Inappropriate Actions
Moral Corruption
Non-Resistance
Unacceptable Conduct
Unjustified Aggression
Unjustified Cruelty
Unjustified Intimidation
Unjustified Oppression
Unjustified Violence
Violence Response
Aggression Response
Turning Cheek
Citations
Mellon, Thomas. Thomas Mellon and His Times. Wm. G. Johnston & Co., 1885.
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Thomas Alexander Mellon was an American entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh.