Nonviolent Quotes

126 quotes by 69 authors

Thereâ€™s one thing thatâ€™s been 'learned' maybe from Tunisia and Egypt that I think is a mistake. And that is that the existing ruler has… — Gene Sharp
Each of the various tactics that have been tried to get Israel to budge.. nonviolent resistance, legal accountability, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions).. has had… — Norman Finkelstein
I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is the acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancor left behind, and in the end the enemies are… — Mahatma Gandhi
The key words of violent economics are urbanization, industrialization, centralization, efficiency, quantity, speed. . . . The problem of evolving a nonviolent way of economic… — E F Schumacher
My study of Gandhi convinced me that true pacifism is not nonresistance to evil, but nonviolent resistance to evil. Between the two positions, there is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
My friends, I must say to you that we have not made a single gain in civil rights without determined legal and nonviolent pressure. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Through nonviolent resistance the Negro will be able to rise to the noble height of opposing the unjust system while loving the perpetrators of the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If the Negro is to achieve the goal of integration, he must organize himself into a militant and nonviolent mass movement. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights movement. — James T. Walsh
I would say that I'm a nonviolent soldier. In place of weapons of violence, you have to use your mind, your heart, your sense of… — Joan Baez
The world censures those who take up arms to defend their causes and calls on them to use nonviolent means in voicing their grievances. But… — Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
Nonviolent Peaceforce ...is building a large-scale professional force of well-trained unarmed peacekeepers ... This nonviolent peacekeeping provides an alternative to which we may say YES… — Unknown Author
[He] alone is truly nonviolent who remains nonviolent even though he has the ability to strike. — Mahatma Gandhi
In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works. — Ingrid Newkirk

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69 authors contributed a total of 126 Nonviolent Quotes, led by these top contributors: