“If you need violence to enforce your ideas, your ideas are worthless” is a saying that has been printed on many images.
       
“If you need violence to protect your ideas, your ideas are worthless to begin with” was posted on Twitter by thoughts. on April 1, 2012, and later that day on Twitter by @dheemaz. Authorship is unknown.
   
“If You Need Violence to Enforce Your Ideas, Your Ideas are Worthless http://dlvr.it/2j191w” was posted on Twitter by StormCloudsGathering on December 26, 2012. This Storm Clouds Gathering version—with “enforce” instead of “protect”—has become popular on memes.
   
       
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thoughts.
@closelessness
If you need violence to protect your ideas, your ideas are worthless to begin with
12:11 PM · Apr 1, 2012·Twitter for Mac
   
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ウルトラキュートマン
@dheemaz
93/366 If you need violence to protect your ideas, your ideas are worthless to begin with.
7:31 PM · Apr 1, 2012·TweetCaster for Android
   
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Ray
@rayanakhalaf
“If you need violence to protect your ideas, your ideas are worthless to begin with.”
11:49 AM · Nov 3, 2012·Twitter for BlackBerry®
   
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Nafsi
@WesTwoodP
If you need violence to protect your ideas, your ideas are worthless to begin with.
10:41 AM · Nov 6, 2012·Twitter for Websites
 
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Converging Interests
@ConvInt
If You Need Violence to Enforce Your Ideas, Your Ideas are Worthless http://stormcloudsgathering.com/if-you-need-violence-to-enforce-your-ideas-your-ideas-are-worthless #police #policestate #violence #protest #freedom
11:44 AM · Dec 26, 2012·Twitter for Websites
       
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NaturalRightsAction
@NaturalRights76
If You Need Violence to Enforce Your Ideas, Your Ideas are Worthless http://dlvr.it/2j1908
5:29 PM · Dec 26, 2012·dlvr.it
   
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StormCloudsGathering
@SCGupdates
If You Need Violence to Enforce Your Ideas, Your Ideas are Worthless http://dlvr.it/2j191w
5:29 PM · Dec 26, 2012·dlvr.it
 
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OpenedMinds
@OpenedMinds
If you need violence to enforce your ideas, your ideas are worthless.
2:17 PM · Sep 21, 2013·Twitter for Android
 
3 April 2015, The Times of India (Delhi, India), “Good Friday processions will reflect Christians’ anxiety over attacks [Mumbai]” by Bella Jaisinghani, pg. ?:
MUMBAI: The weekly signboard outside a church in Amboli reads, ‘If you need violence to enforce your ideas, your ideas are worthless’.
 
Reddit—Libertarian
Posted by u/benjaminikuta February 2, 2017
If you need violence to enforce your ideas, your ideas are worthless.
   
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Corryn
@Corrynmb
“If you need violence to enforce your ideas, your ideas are worthless.” Something to consider #Alexandria #WednesdayWisdom
2:52 PM · Jun 14, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Quotes
Posted by u/peetss April 1, 2018
“If you need violence to enforce your ideas, your ideas are worthless.” -Unknown
   
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Acho
@feelTHEnature_
“If you need violence to enforce your ideas, your ideas are worthless.”
#quote #TuesdayThoughts #wisdom #quotes #life
(The saying is also shown on an image.—ed.)
1:01 PM · Aug 28, 2018·Twitter for Android
 
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Kambree
@KamVTV
If you need violence to enforce your ideas, then your ideas are worthless.
10:32 PM · Nov 21, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
   
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CᚱypTo ViLLΛiП
@CryptoVillain_
Great quote:
If you need violence to enforce your ideas, your ideas are worthless.
3:53 PM · Jan 20, 2022·Twitter for iPhone