“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

—  John F. Kennedy

Address to Latin American diplomats at the White House (13 March 1962) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=9100&amp;st=&amp;st1= <br class="br">1962

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