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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
A Time for Everything
1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
Matthew 10:34
Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Psalm 144:1
Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.
"He who is not angry, whereas he has cause to be, sins. For unreasonable patience is the hotbed of many vices, it fosters negligence, and incites not only the wicked but even the good to do wrong." - St John Chrysostom
Psalm 139:22
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
"We need to remember that tolerance is not a Christian virtue and it is never an end in itself. In fact, tolerating grave evil within a society is itself a form of evil." - Archbishop Chaput
"A peaceful approach only works with peaceful people. David eventually picked up a stone and put it right between Goliath's eyes." - Anonymous
"Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are." - St. Augustine of Hippo
"Prayers are great, and at a certain point people will be praying for good men who are more competent at violence than the bad violent ones that are destroying our countries and peoples." - Anonymous
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https://gab.com/Escoffier/posts/109560448395087482
"The Bible says…
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Romans 12:8 NKJV
This statement seems to presume that there may be a scenario wherein living in peace is not possible."
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"But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." -1st Timothy 5:8. (That ain't just about putting groceries on the table.)
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"If a man isn’t capable of violence, he’s not capable of protecting others from violence.
It is no coincidence that the most recognized men in Scripture were warriors." - anonymous
“Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men.”
– St. Augustine
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Jeremiah 48:10
"Cursed is he who does the work of the LORD with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed."
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“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” ― Plato
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure." - Thomas Jefferson
"Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant then it tries to silence good." - Charles Chaput
"This country was founded by dangerous men and the moment we cease to be dangerous men we will cease to be a country." - Bill Cooper
"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." - Thomas Jefferson
"When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. That's why we'll win." - Spartacus
"I didn't hate anyone until you told me to hate myself."
https://gab.com/hard_no/posts/108721186142230494
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"You can only turn the other cheek so many times before people walk over you.
At some point it stops being turning the other cheek, and becomes casting your pearls among swine."
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"Without hate of evil, love is just a buzz word for cowards." - @RealHuman080 on GAB