Non Violent Quotes
61 quotes by 45 authors
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Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later.
— Bob Filner
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I see those picketers, and I think you know, if I weren't a loving, non-violent, spiritual person, I would really go over there and grab…
— Ellen DeGeneres
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Non-violent resistance activities cannot succeed against an enemy that is able freely to use violence. That's pretty obvious. You can't have non-violent resistance against the…
— Noam Chomsky
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There are no violent gangs fighting over aspirin territories. There are no violent gangs fighting over whisky territories or computer territories or anything else that's…
— Harry Browne
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Peace Corps helps promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and non-violent co-existence among people of diverse cultures and systems of government.
— Sam Farr
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Democracy is, in essence, a form of non-violent conflict management. If war is the worst enemy of development, healthy and balanced development is the best…
— Kofi Annan
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If anything I consider myself non-violent. I'm from the hippy era, peace, love, groovy.
— Rick James
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Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action.
— Julian Assange
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I have seen the cycle of a non-violent, mentally ill offender who is arrested repeatedly and put into the system repeatedly-never being treated for his…
— Mike DeWine
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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 daily…
— Ammon Hennacy
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We demand a non-violent world where human security is the basis of our common global security. People have the right to live in a world…
— Shirin Ebadi
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Should one whole year from this July 4th pass while the crimes of this government are allowed to continue, we may have passed the point…
— Adam Kokesh
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A non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.
— Casey Kasem
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If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems.…
— Dalai Lama
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Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts,…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Each situation has to be evaluated separately, for all are different. In general, I believe in non-violent direct action, which involve organizing large numbers of…
— Howard Zinn
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It is the other way round: food cannot make you spiritual, but if you are spiritual your food habits will change. Eating anything will not…
— Rajneesh
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Non violence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be non-violent
— Betty Williams
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Prison is an important part of life. We can't have violent people running around in the streets. (3 out of 4 federal prisoners are serving…
— Howard Dean
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I think horror should never be safe, whether it's violent or non violent.
— Eli Roth
Who Wrote These Non Violent Quotes
45 authors contributed a total of 61 Non Violent Quotes, led by these top contributors: