A country that is governed by its national army can never be morally free and, therefore, its so-called weakest member can never rise to his full moral height.
The truth is that cowardice itself is violence of a subtle type and therefore dangerous and far more difficult to eradicate than the habit of physical violence.
Where death without resistance or death after resistance is the only way, neither party should think of resorting to law-courts or help from the government.
All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions.