--- title: "3 Ballots Quotes By Ammon Hennacy" description: "3 Ballots quotes by Ammon Hennacy. Plus more from Ammon Hennacy and more Ballots sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/ammon-hennacy-33177_attending_too-many-of-us-dissipate-our-energy-by-b_153041.jpg" --- > [Too many of us dissipate our energy by being 'for all good causes,' attending meetings and passing resolutions, organizing and presenting petitions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/too-many-of-us-dissipate-our-energy-by-being-for-all-good-causes/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/ammon-hennacy-33177_attending_too-many-of-us-dissipate-our-energy-by-b_153041.jpg) > [The dictionary definition of a Christian is one who follows Christ; kind, kindly, Christ-like. Anarchism is voluntary cooperation for good, with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/the-dictionary-definition-of-a-christian-is-one-who-follows-christ/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/ammon-hennacy-33177_achieve_the-dictionary-definition-of-a-christian_1749846.png) > [A Christian Anarchist does not depend on bullets or ballots to achieve his ideal; he achieves that ideal daily by the One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/a-christian-anarchist-does-not-depend-on-bullets-or-ballots-to/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/ammon-hennacy-33177_achieve_a-christian-anarchist-does-not-depend-on_1915932.png) ## Other authors on Ballots - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-x-62876.jpg) Malcolm X 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballots/malcolm-x/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballots/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jill-stein-49626.jpg) Jill Stein 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballots/jill-stein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jay-leno-47716.jpg) Jay Leno 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballots/jay-leno/) - [Abraham Lincoln 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballots/abraham-lincoln/) ## More by Ammon Hennacy > [Too many of us dissipate our energy by being 'for all good causes,' attending meetings and passing resolutions, organizing and presenting petitions — all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/too-many-of-us-dissipate-our-energy-by-being-for-all-good-causes/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [Being a pacifist to save your own life is normal, being a pacifist for the lives of others is true pacifism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/being-a-pacifist-to-save-your-own-life-is-normal-being-a-pacifist-for/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [“I wasn't disturbing the peace, I was disturbing the war”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/i-wasn-t-disturbing-the-peace-i-was-disturbing-the-war/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [Force is the weapon of the weak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/force-is-the-weapon-of-the-weak/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [Love without courage and wisdom is sentimentality, as with the ordinary church member. Courage without love and wisdom is foolhardiness, as with the ordinary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/love-without-courage-and-wisdom-is-sentimentality-as-with-the/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [The dictionary definition of a Christian is one who follows Christ; kind, kindly, Christ-like. Anarchism is voluntary cooperation for good, with the right of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/the-dictionary-definition-of-a-christian-is-one-who-follows-christ/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [Despite the popular idea of anarchists as violent men, Anarchism is the one non-violent social philosophy.… The function of the Anarchist is two-fold. By…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/despite-the-popular-idea-of-anarchists-as-violent-men-anarchism-is/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [A Christian Anarchist does not depend on bullets or ballots to achieve his ideal; he achieves that ideal daily by the One Man Revolution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/a-christian-anarchist-does-not-depend-on-bullets-or-ballots-to/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [A pacifist between wars is like a vegetarian between meals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/a-pacifist-between-wars-is-like-a-vegetarian-between-meals/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [We really can’t change the world. We really can’t change other people! The best we can do is to start a few thinking here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/we-really-can-t-change-the-world-we-really-can-t-change-other-people/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [An anarchist is someone who doesn't need a cop to make him behave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/an-anarchist-is-someone-who-doesn-t-need-a-cop-to-make-him-behave/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [I'm not trying to change the world. I'm trying to stop the world from changing me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/i-m-not-trying-to-change-the-world-i-m-trying-to-stop-the-world-from/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [ A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization \[the Catholic Church\]. I do not believe in original sin, indulgences, the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/a-christian-anarchist-has-no-business-belonging-to-such-a-reactionary/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [“Oh judge! Your damn laws! The good people don't need them, and the bad people don't obey them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/oh-judge-your-damn-laws-the-good-people-don-t-need-them-and-the-bad/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) > [An anarchist is someone who doesn't need a cop to make him behave. Anarchism is voluntary cooperation with the right of secession. The individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/an-anarchist-is-someone-who-doesn-t-need-a-cop-to-make-him-behave-2/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballots/ammon-hennacy/#itemlist", "name": "3 Ballots Quotes By Ammon Hennacy", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Too many of us dissipate our energy by being 'for all good causes,' attending meetings and passing resolutions, organizing and presenting petitions — all this effort to change others, when if we really got down to it we could use this energy to change ourselves… We become tired radicals because we use our weakest weapon: the ballot box, where we are always outnumbered, and refuse to use our strongest weapon: spiritual power.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ammon Hennacy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/too-many-of-us-dissipate-our-energy-by-being-for-all-good-causes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/ammon-hennacy-33177_attending_too-many-of-us-dissipate-our-energy-by-b_153041.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/ammon-hennacy-33177_attending_too-many-of-us-dissipate-our-energy-by-b_153041.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a8/ammon-hennacy-33177_attending_too-many-of-us-dissipate-our-energy-by-b_153041.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Too many of us dissipate our energy by being 'for all good causes,' attending meetings and passing…” — Ammon Hennacy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The dictionary definition of a Christian is one who follows Christ; kind, kindly, Christ-like. 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