| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 24604 |
| QUOTATION: | “Power may be at the end of a gun,” but sometimes it’s also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Jean Genet (1910–1986), French playwright, novelist. Prisoner of Love, pt. 1 (1986, trans. 1989).
Genet was taking issue with the notion that armed struggle is the only way to achieve revolutionary change. See also Mao Zedong’s comment under “power.” |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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