Chiefs Quote by Leo Tolstoy

It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet,…

— Mahatma Gandhi

People continued regardless of all that leads man forward to try to unite the incompatibles:;: the virtue of love, and what is opposed to…

— Leo Tolstoy

The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

...history has shown that the most terrible crimes against love have been committed in the name of fanatically defended doctrines.

— Paul Tillich

“The practice of non-violence requires a belief in divine vengeance.”

— Miroslav Volf

Yet only the atrocities of the conquered are referred to as criminal acts; those of the conqueror are justified as necessary, heroic, and even…

— Jim Fergus

That both Muslim fundamentalists and the Christian right are today focusing their attempts to regain control in a rapidly changing world on frantic efforts…

— Riane Eisler

You can justify, from a political standpoint, any type of violence you want to use.

— Jerry Vlasak

In my religion I really cannot think of cases where violence is justified.

— Pierre Trudeau

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…

— William Hazlitt

The violence of our time is caused by obedience.

— Howard Zinn

“The best way of preventing violence does not consist in forbidding objects, or even rivalistic desire, as the tenth commandment does, but in offering…

— René Girard