Another said that while India would not dilute its opposition to terrorism, neither did it not want a violent solution.
Non-violence only works in cases in which both sides believe that a violent solution is not an answer to their problem.
Neither side seemed to have much appetite for a violent solution to the crisis.
And suggesting a violent solution to a political problem, as Trump does, undermines the integrity of the democracy we hold dear.
By assuming that there could be a violent solution to what is at its core a political problem, Egypt's military has now only deepened and made more virulent the country's political crisis.
"On the other hand, we have always said a violent solution will not be successful and is not very promising". A Dutch diplomat said the attack was "rather embarrassing" for Western Europe because hours before the U.S. planes struck, the European Community had called for restraint on all sides.
Stoppard's discourse, it seems, is meant to free us from the spell of abstract nouns, which Herzen called "the syphilis of our revolutionary passions," and which rationalize the violent solution as a historical necessity.
These writings followed more than a decade of negotiations and skirmishes between Inqa rebels and Spanish officials who were receiving their orders from Spain to find a diplomatic, or alternatively violent, solution to integrate these independently governed territories under Spanish colonial rule.
The violent solution to poverty, Ion Vianu proposes, may have reflected his appreciation for Félicien Champsaur's L'Arriviste, in which the protagonist uses murder to affirm himself socially.
Most people, accustomed to this viewpoint and seeing no alternative, will throw up their hands and agree, even if they prefer a less violent solution.
