A. J. Muste Quotes
Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.
Muste, A. J. The Essays of A. J. Muste. Edited by Nat Hentoff, Bobbs-Merrill, 1967.
Prior to whites settling in America, various Indian tribes had a long history of fierce fighting for control of Kentucky. The Transylvania Land company negotiated for the “rights” to Kentucky. Dragging Canoe, who opposed the treaty, argued that the land had a bad history and would be very difficult to settle. Poet Theodore O’Hara described Kentuckians as “Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground” in his poem, The Bivouac of the Dead.
Abraham Johannes Muste was a Dutch-born American clergyman and political activist. He is best remembered for his work in the labor movement, pacifist movement, antiwar movement, and civil rights movement.
