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Resistance Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 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…
- 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…
- The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.
- By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.
- The intellectual and moral satisfaction that I failed to gain from the utilitarianism of Bentham and Mill, the revolutionary methods of Marx and Lenin, the…
- I firmly believe that the Gandhian philosophy of nonviolent resistance is the only logical and moral approach to the solution of the race problem in…
- [I]t must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid…
- Nonviolent resistance makes it possible for the Negro to remain in the South and struggle for his rights. The Negro's problem will not be solved…
- But there is another way. And that is to organize mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love. It seems to me that this…
More Resistance Quotes
- The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. — Honore de Balzac
- You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy… — Scott Adams
- Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his… — Alfred Adler
- If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't… — Kathryn Bigelow
- But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was… — Bono
- I'm drawn to the path of least resistance. — Jeff Bridges
- There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas. — Abdallah II
- You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case. — Deborah Bull
- Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance. — Samuel Butler
- When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness. — James Allen
- Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who… — Noam Chomsky
- At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no… — Maya Angelou