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  • Courtesy, honesty, nonvio-lence seemed too ingrained to lose.

    do you ever read writing? Peter DeWolf 2010

  • Moreover, there are difficulties with an absolute commitment to love, since it implies an abso - lute commitment to forgiveness, as well as to nonvio - lence, which conflicts with that concept of justice which entails the need for punishment.

    CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE EDWARD H. MADDEN 1968

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