Violence can only breed more violence and suffering. Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred.

Dalai Lama Xiv
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When Nelson Mandela said, “Violence can only breed more violence and suffering. Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred,” he was speaking against the evils of violence. In South Africa, racial tension had been brewing for years before he came to power, and eventually led to a terrible civil war in which over four million people died. When we fight one another we only make problems and cause more pain and suffering. That’s what Mandela was trying to get across when he said, “Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred.”

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