Action Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

Non-violent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface hidden tension that is already…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Non-violence confronts systematic injustice with active love, but refuses to retaliate with further violence under any circumstances. In order to halt the vicious cycles…

— John Dear

There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.

— John Lewis

Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There are two ways to resolve conflicts, through violence or through negotiation. Violence is for wild beasts, negotiation is for human beings.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nonviolence is an imperative in order to bring about ultimate community.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“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

The first essential characteristics of nonviolent action is that it is creative.

— Hildegard Goss-Mayr

Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.

— Anonymous