If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If you dislike a person or system, express it fully but do not incite violence. Disaffection should remain peaceful.
- In plain terms
- Express your disagreement freely but never through violence.
- What can you take from it?
- Voice dissent without crossing into violent behavior.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you dissent without risk?
- Where is the line between disaffection and violence?
Another view
Some forms of expression might still be seen as inciting violence by authorities.
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