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217 Nonviolence quotes by 90 unique authors

What's going on down there, Katniss? Have they all joined hands? Taken a vow of nonviolence? Tossed the weapons in the sea in defiance of… — Suzanne Collins
[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent resister… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies... for what we are… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should… — Mahatma Gandhi
The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment;… — William S. Burroughs
Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing… — Gary L. Francione
Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught… — Gary L. Francione
Ethical veganism represents a commitment to nonviolence. — Gary L. Francione
If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other… — Gary L. Francione
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the… — Aberjhani
Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest. — Mahatma Gandhi
The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity. — Mahatma Gandhi
That's all nonviolence is - organized love. — Joan Baez
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of nonviolence has been the organization of violence. — Joan Baez
The point of nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink. A platform which stands a… — Joan Baez
Nonviolence is really tough. You don't practice nonviolence at conferences; you practice it on picket-lines. — Cesar Chavez
Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God, and… — Cesar Chavez
Gandhi once declared that it was his wife who unwittingly taught him the effectiveness of nonviolence. Who better than women should know that battles can… — Barbara Deming
All ideologies end up killing people. If you separate love from nonviolence you turn nonviolence into an ideology, a gimmick. Structures that are not inhabited… — Unknown Author
We canot become nonviolent on the basis of intellectual conviction. Commitment to nonviolence demands a very profound conversion of mind and heart. If we take… — Thomas Gumbleton
It belongs to the very substance of nonviolence never to destroy or damage another person's feeling of self worth, even an opponent's. We all need,… — Unknown Author
We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way… — A J Muste
All who affirm the use of violence admit it is only a means to achieve justice and peace. But peace and justice are nonviolence...the final… — Andre Trocme

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