<P> "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword ." </P> <P> Martin Luther King Jr. (1929--1968) used the phrase when saying: </P> <P> Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness . We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love...Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man, but to win his friendship and understanding . </P> <P> "The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy, instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it . Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth . Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate . In fact, violence merely increases hate . </P>

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral