Nonviolent Quotes

126 quotes by 69 authors

The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
You cannot live a nonviolent life as long as you are consuming violence. Please consider going vegan. — Gary L. Francione
Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient… — Gary L. Francione
I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture of their minds, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet… — Fred Rogers
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts… — Barbara Deming
The first essential characteristics of nonviolent action is that it is creative. — 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
In 1989, thirteen nations comprising 1,695,000 people experienced nonviolent revolutions that succeeded beyond anyone's wildest expectations . . . If we add all the countries… — Walter Wink
...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and… — Coretta Scott King
A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed. — Barbara Deming
We aren't going to let any mace stop us. We are masters in our nonviolent movement in disarming police forces; they don't know what to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nobody was born nonviolent. No one was born charitable. None of us comes to these things by nature but only by conversion. The first duty… — Lanza del Vasto
My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary… — Yaya DaCosta
The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief… — Bayard Rustin
My way of putting it is that Christians are called to live nonviolently not because we believe nonviolence is a strategy to rid the world… — Stanley Hauerwas
Jesus is the politics of the new age; He is about the establishment of a kingdom; He is the one who has created a new… — Stanley Hauerwas
Christians are nonviolent not, therefore, because we believe that nonviolence is a strategy to rid the world of war, but because nonviolence is constitutive of… — Stanley Hauerwas
The argument that resistance to the war should remain strictly nonviolent seems to me overwhelming. — Noam Chomsky

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