So you wouldn't listen to an idiot or a lowlife even if they told you a useful truth?
My own view is Listen to everyone ( when situation/time allows ) : even idiots are sometimes right.
You are not wrong, but the person behind the statement can add some weight to the statement or bring the statement into question.
However, since you and
@Psychic challenged my discontent with the quote, let me explain more.
I did not take Kennedy's quote seriously, because it is a typical, meaningless, political jargon. You want me to give you my own opinion? Saying
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." is an utter farce.
Revolution by its very nature can not be entirely peaceful. What are the definitions of the word?
This is Oxford,
"a
forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system."
This is dictionary.com,
"an
overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed"
this is from Merriam Webster,
" the usually
violent attempt by many people to end the rule of one government and start a new one"
Therefore, a movement that is going to overthrow a system can not be expected to be met by the existing system by open arms. This is not realistic & now how social structures have ever existed.
So, let's then dig deeper into why Kennedy said it, and let's now bring the person behind the quote on the foreground. I did a search on the quote and realized that Kennedy used it in his speech in 1962 in something called "Alliance for Progress". This was apparently a Kennedy initiative for cooperation between South American countries. So, in this context and to a South American audience, this is as advice for them, and to me, it is in an indirect way to say that "If you don't change the system to how we think it should be, and it becomes violent, it's your own fault".
And that's what I think. Is that better?