Action Quote by Caroline Lucas

When the democratic deficit is so enormous, people are left with very little option but to take peaceful, non-violent direct action.

— Caroline Lucas

There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.

— John Lewis

Non-violence is not a passive idea. It is ethical activism at its political best

— Ela Bhatt

Civil disobedience is a viable political tactic, and a non-violent tactic.

— William Kunstler

I do believe that non-violent civil disobedience is a very important and useful tactic.

— Cleve Jones

Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the…

— Anonymous

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Non-violence should be a tactic - not an ideology preached from the sidelines to victims of massive violence.

— Arundhati Roy

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness…

— Cesar Chavez

I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies.

— Pierre Trudeau

The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.

— Cesar Chavez

Democracy is disruptive... there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption.

— Naomi Wolf