We Christians forget (if we ever learned) that attempts to redress real or imagined injustice by violent means are merely another exercise… — Philip Berrigan Copy Share Image
“I argue that even as the war is framed in certain ways to control and heighten affect in relation to the differential… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“Suffering, though, can be nothing more than a sad and sorry thing without the presence on the part of the sufferer of… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The weapon of nonviolence does not need supermen or superwomen to wield it; even beings of common clay can use it and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Military is Legal Terrorism (Ceasefire Sonnet) Any planet that confuses guns with gallantry is a planet of apes. Prioritizing military over education,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
My way of putting it is that Christians are called to live nonviolently not because we believe nonviolence is a strategy to… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
...I believe, with Gandhi, that we need to take an imaginative leap forward toward fresh and generous idealism for the sake of… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
“I am planting a tree in this bomb crater to remind us that in the midst of death, there is life... and… — Robert Graetz Copy Share Image
When nonviolence is accepted as the law of life, it must pervade the whole being and not be applied to isolated acts. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
When we hear the other person's feelings and needs, we recognize our common humanity. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Violence and nonviolence are, after all, two different forms of theater. They both depend and thrive on the response of an audience. — Julia Bacha Copy Share Image
Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
“I reject animal welfare reform and single-issue campaigns because they are not only inconsistent with the claims of justice that we should… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
