Affordable Quote by Joshua Clover

Of all the observations I have made on the strike, none has brought forth so much heat and emotion as the stress and emphasis…

— Nelson Mandela

There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist fighting for peace by nonviolent methods most easily succumbs; activism and overwork.

— Thomas Merton

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!…

— Helen Keller

“They forgot that the strike was in this instance the consequence of want and need, suffered unjustly, as the endurers believed; for, however insane,…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“Nonviolent defiance often risks serious casualities, but it seem to produce far fewer casualitie than when both sides use violence. At the same time,…

— Gene Sharp

Violence from protesters themselves is extremely rare, but has been made into a talking point by those who stand to benefit from breaking the…

— Nate Powell

“To follow what is good and just; is to be willing to be wounded in war. Protesting in causes of "non-violence" is better than…

— Alan Maiccon

The strike, the boycott, the refusal to serve, the ability to paralyze the functioning of a complex social structure-these remain potent weapons against the…

— Howard Zinn

I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any value. From…

— Dalai Lama

Strikes and boycotting are akin to war, and can be justified only on grounds analogous to those which justify war, viz., intolerable injustice and…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

Eradicating violence of every kind in this country is a fight that requires a commitment from every single person.

— Cori Bush

Yet the basic fact remains: we live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to…

— Eric Greitens