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> [The most revolutionary thing anybody can do is to raise good, honest and generous children who will question the answers of people who say the answer is violence. That's what the schools should be doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-most-revolutionary-thing-anybody-can-do-is-to-raise-good-honest/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

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## More by Colman McCarthy

> [Peace is the result of love, and if love were easy we'd all be good at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/peace-is-the-result-of-love-and-if-love-were-easy-we-d-all-be-good-at/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [It's better to build a peaceful child than re-build a violent adult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/it-s-better-to-build-a-peaceful-child-than-re-build-a-violent-adult/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Forty-one rules aren't so many - St. Benedict had 73 to keep the brethren on the straight and narrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/forty-one-rules-aren-t-so-many-st-benedict-had-73-to-keep-the/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [The earth is too small a star and we too brief a visitor upon it for anything to matter more than the struggle for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-earth-is-too-small-a-star-and-we-too-brief-a-visitor-upon-it-for/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [The students I've been with these twenty years are looking for a world where it becomes a little easier to love and a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-students-i-ve-been-with-these-twenty-years-are-looking-for-a/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [It's too easy only to blame the militarists, racists, sexists and other pushers of violence for the mess we're in. What is harder is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/it-s-too-easy-only-to-blame-the-militarists-racists-sexists-and-other/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [The failure of love, that's what all laws are really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-failure-of-love-that-s-what-all-laws-are-really/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Wars aren't stopped by fighting wars, any more than you can fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. You fight violence with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/wars-aren-t-stopped-by-fighting-wars-any-more-than-you-can-fight-fire/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Warmaking doesn't stop warmaking. If it did, our problems would have stopped millennia ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/warmaking-doesn-t-stop-warmaking-if-it-did-our-problems-would-have/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Unless we teach our children peace, somebody else will teach them violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/unless-we-teach-our-children-peace-somebody-else-will-teach-them/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Indeed, the highest pleasure of golf may be that on the fairways and far from all the pressures of commerce and rationality, we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/indeed-the-highest-pleasure-of-golf-may-be-that-on-the-fairways-and/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Give peace a chance, yes, but why not get serious and give it a place in the curriculum: peace courses in every school, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/give-peace-a-chance-yes-but-why-not-get-serious-and-give-it-a-place/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Breaking America's oil addiction would not lead to a future of sackcloth and ashes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/breaking-america-s-oil-addiction-would-not-lead-to-a-future-of/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/everyone-s-a-pacifist-between-wars-it-s-like-being-a-vegetarian/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [The most revolutionary thing anybody can do is to raise good, honest and generous children who will question the answers of people who say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-most-revolutionary-thing-anybody-can-do-is-to-raise-good-honest/)

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