Quote by Gene Sharp

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…

— Mahatma Gandhi

A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolence seeks to ‘win’ not by destroying or even by humiliating the adversary, but by convincing [the adversary] that there is a higher and…

— Thomas Merton

Violent resistance and nonviolent resistance share one very important thing in common: They are both a form of theater seeking an audience to their…

— Julia Bacha

[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…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The bravery of the nonviolent is vastly superior to that of the violent.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate. Non-violence always…

— Mahatma Gandhi

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

— Cesar Chavez

“Nonviolent passive resistance is effective as long as your opposition adheres to the same rules as you do. But if peaceful protest is met…

— Nelson Mandela

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness…

— Cesar Chavez

Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the…

— Mahatma Gandhi

We are convinced that non-violence is more powerful than violence. We are convinced that non-violence supports you if you have a just and moral…

— Cesar Chavez