"Anyone who clings to the historically untrue - and thoroughly immoral - doctrine that 'violence never settles anything' I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of
Napoleon Bonaparte and of the
Duke of Wellington, and let them debate it. The
ghost of
Hitler could
referee, and the jury might well be the
Dodo, the
Great Auk, and the
Passenger Pigeon.
Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms."
- Robert A. Heinlein, "Starship Troopers"