Active Quote by Nat Hentoff

Gandhi was such an important figure to the pacifists of the '30s, and he was such an extraordinary embodiment of nonviolence, that I thought…

— Nicholson Baker

My study of Gandhi convinced me that true pacifism is not nonresistance to evil, but nonviolent resistance to evil. Between the two positions, there…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Gandhi is best remembered for his adherence to the principle of nonviolence; but no less important was his adherence to non-demonization. Even when he…

— Walter Truett Anderson

“When you think about nonviolence, you think of Gandhi—not an anonymous protestor in one of Gandhi’s marches who faced down riot clubs and guns,…

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

“Violence is not only killing people. Violence is an attitude, an approach. Gandhi was trying to impose his ideology on his son. This is…

— Osho

I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change…

— Edward James Olmos

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

— Al Sharpton

I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in…

— Albert Einstein

“...if we do not know how to defend ourselves, our women and our places of worship by force of suffering, i.e., nonviolence, we must,…

— Nassir Ghaemi

I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that…

— Mamata Banerjee

Gandhi saw how people have to re-think their own individuality before engaging in political activity. Otherwise they're just playing the game that the adversary…

— Pankaj Mishra

Through Gandhi and my own life experience, I have learned about nonviolence. I believe that human life is a very special gift from God,…

— Cesar Chavez