I think that violence and nonviolence are not moral principles, they’re tactics. — Jerry Vlasak Copy Share Image
Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army generals, for example, conduct their operations in ways that avoid killing innocent people;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
My mission is to convert every Indian, every Englishman and finally the world to nonviolence for regulating mutual relations, whether political, economic,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
A little of true nonviolence acts in a silent, subtle, unseen way and leavens the whole society. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nonviolence means an ocean of compassion. It means shedding from us every trace of ill will for others. It does not mean… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We are all invited to work together for peace. We shall join hands and minds to work for peace through active nonviolence.… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world; it's nonviolence or nonexistence. That is where we are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Black Power If the motive is good, and there are no other possibilities, then seen most deeply it [violence] is nonviolence, because… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“An abolitionist is, as I have developed that notion, one who (1) maintains that we cannot justify animal use, however “humane” it… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Wars aren't stopped by fighting wars, any more than you can fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. You fight… — Colman McCarthy Copy Share Image
The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
But nonviolence was never for the oppressor; it was for the oppressed. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
To my mind, Swaraj based on nonviolence is the fulfillment of the constructive programme. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“We cannot shoot our way to justice, We cannot lynch our way to liberty. We cannot nuke our way to peace, We… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Nonviolence would work today, it would work 2,000 years from now, it would work 5,000 years from now. — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image