Activism Quote by Julia Bacha

Violence and nonviolence are, after all, two different forms of theater. They both depend and thrive on the response of an audience.

— Julia Bacha

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

“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

Two things distinguish nonviolent actions from violent actions. First, you don't see an enemy and second, your intention is not to make the other…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Much as being active in the antislavery movement of the last century involved more than not engaging in slavery oneself, so joining in an…

— Sissela Bok

And the distinction between violent and non-violent action is that the former is exclusively bent upon the destruction of the old, and the latter…

— Hannah Arendt

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

I really believe in non-violence, but I also believe in a short of resistance that has to be respectful.

— Alexandra Paul

Non-violence is a piece of theatre. You need an audience. What can you do when you have no audience?

— Arundhati Roy

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

[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

[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent…

— Martin Luther King, Jr