Centralization Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

A civilization based on nonviolence must be different from that organized for violence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“The process of political centralization can actually lead to a form of absolutism, as the king and his associates can crush other powerful groups…

— Daron Acemoğlu

Non violence means people in action. People have to understand that with non-violence goes a hell of a lot of organization.

— Cesar Chavez

Violence is not more efficient than non-violence.

— Andrew Young

Each situation has to be evaluated separately, for all are different. In general, I believe in non-violent direct action, which involve organizing large numbers…

— Howard Zinn

Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Non-violence is not a quality to be evolved or expressed to order. It is an inward growth depending for sustenance upon intense individual effort.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“It is a central thesis of this book that centralization has reached diminishing returns and is no longer yielding any benefit. Instead, it has…

— Charles Hugh Smith

There is the emergence of a militarized society that now organizes itself for the production of violence. A society in which the range of…

— Henry Giroux

Social evolution is demonstrated by movement towards unity, not separatism.

— Neale Donald Walsch

Societies without a reservoir of people who don't follow the rules lack an important mechanism for societal evolution. Vibrant societies need a dishonest minority;…

— Bruce Schneier

The struggle between centralization and decentralization is at the core of American history.

— Anthony Gregory