Karl Popper Quotes About Violence

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  • I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.

    Karl Raimund Popper (2002). “Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge”, p.464, Psychology Press
  • The use of violence is justified only under a tyranny which makes reforms without violence impossible, and should have only one aim, that is, to bring about a state of affairs which makes reforms without violence possible.

    Karl Popper (2012). “The Open Society and Its Enemies”, p.360, Routledge
  • A rationalist, as I use the word, is a man who attempts to reach decisions by argument and perhaps, in certain cases, by compromise, rather than by violence. He is a man who would rather be unsuccessful in convincing another man by argument than successful in crushing him by force, by intimidation and threats, or even by persuasive propaganda.

    Karl Popper (2014). “Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge”, p.557, Routledge
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Karl Popper

  • Born: July 28, 1902
  • Died: September 17, 1994
  • Occupation: Philosopher