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Disputes should be settled by discussion, resorting to force only when discussion is impossible
Drawn from what Cicero said
What Cicero actually said
- Cicero Roman statesman, orator and philosopher (106 to 43 BCE)
For since there are two ways of settling a dispute: first, by discussion; second, by physical force; and since the former is characteristic of man, the latter of the brute, we must resort to force only in case we may not avail ourselves of discussion.
Where this was said
↗De Officiis (tr. Walter Miller, 1913)gutenberg.org
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