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If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long… — Mahatma Gandhi
That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence. — 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. It requires strength,… — Mahatma Gandhi
In the secret of my heart I am in perpetual quarrel with God that He should allow such things [as the war] to go on.… — 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 lay down their… — Barack Obama
Violence is essentially wordless. and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down. — Thomas Merton
Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause. — Chris Hedges
Nothing is so dangerous as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Violence is the repartee of the illiterate. — George Bernard Shaw
Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great… — Laozi
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary. — Mahatma Gandhi
All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing violent, oft have I heard tell, can be permanent. — Christopher Marlowe
The private terror of the liberal spirit is invariably suicide, not murder. — Norman Mailer
The violence done us by others is often less painful than that which we do to ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Today violence is the rhetoric of the period. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Vehemence without feeling is but rant. — George Henry Lewes
Violence against judges and threats of violence against Judges is on the rise and it is no laughing matter. When leaders attempt to rationalize this… — John Conyers
Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured smile can work… — William Hazlitt
Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history… — Spike Lee
Violence is a symptom of impotence. — Anais Nin
Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism. — Edward Bond
Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming. — P.J. O'Rourke
Violence is just, where kindness is vain. — Pierre Corneille
Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs. — Edward Bond

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