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Non Violent Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
- The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy.
- Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive. It requires strength,…
- A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of…
- I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness.
- Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate. Non-violence always suffers,…
- 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,…
- A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.
- I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing…
- If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: Search after truth through non-violent means. A man may not believe in…
More Non Violent Quotes
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- The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. — Mahatma Gandhi
- Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive.… — Mahatma Gandhi
- Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to… — Barack Obama
- A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a… — Mahatma Gandhi
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- The non-violent technique does not depend for its success on the goodwill of the oppressor, but rather on the unfailing assistance of… — Cesar Chavez
- There's no reason to be non-violent. There's no challenge unless you are living for people. — Cesar Chavez
- When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit that our lives are all that really belong to us, so it… — Cesar Chavez
- And in the racial climate of this country today, it is anybody's guess which of the 'extremes' in approach to the black… — Malcolm X
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- ... the socialization of boys regarding masculinity is often at the expense of women. I came to realize that we don't raise… — Don McPherson