Crime Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

Violence is a cleansing force. It frees the native from his inferiority complex and from his despair and inaction; it makes him fearless and…

— Frantz Fanon

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.

— Andrew Young

“Violence only attacks the body, but it is non-violence that has the power to influence the soul and reshape it towards a peaceful future.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.

— Marshall McLuhan

All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve…

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Non-violence is backed by the theory of soul-force in which suffering is courted in the hope of ultimately winning over the opponent. But what…

— Bhagat Singh

Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being…

— Richard Wright

“Violence is born of the desire to escape oneself.”

— Iris Murdoch

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

— Leo Tolstoy

“Violence is the method of ignorance, the weapon of the weak. The strong of heart and brain need no violence, for they are irresistible…

— Alexander Berkman

“violence doesn't stop merely by saying, 'we'll act based on love', because that can become just an idea that gets absorbed into the system.”

— David Bohm

“Violence is a means of bargaining and signalling value within the marketplace.”

— Alex de Waal