But now, instead of discussion and argument, brute force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right into the dust. 'Might makes right,' and hoary folly totters on in her mad career escorted by armies and navies.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Physical force is used to silence truth and support error.
- In plain terms
- Force is used to crush the truth.
- What can you take from it?
- Force cannot justify truth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can truth survive force?
- When is force justified?
Another view
Sometimes force is necessary to stop greater harm.
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