All who surrender will be spared; whoever does not surrender but opposes with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Surrender guarantees safety, but resistance ensures destruction. It is a policy of total submission.
- In plain terms
- Submit and live, or fight and die.
- What can you take from it?
- Resistance leads to annihilation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is surrender better?
- What justifies annihilation?
Another view
It ignores the moral cost of annihilation.
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