Als Quote by Rashid al-Ghannushi

No one in al-Nahda believes that jihad is a way to impose Islam on the world. But we believe that jihad is self-control, is…

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

Al-Nahda is a movement; it is not just a small party.

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

“The recent failure of democracy to take hold in many African and Islamic states is a reminder that a change in the norms surrounding…

— Steven Pinker

There are common denominators that unite all members of al-Nahda: There is no one in al-Nahda who doubts about Islam There is no one…

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

We firmly oppose the use of violence in the course of current transformations in Arab States, especially against civilians. We are well aware of…

— Sergei Lavrov

“Instead of drawing attention to problems with the Islamic way of life, our leaders seek to present the increasing violence of the religion’s followers…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

“The enlightened ones (Vitraag Lords) tells us to use the weapon of non-violence (ahinsa) against violence (hinsa). Violence cannot be conquered with violence. It…

— Dada Bhagwan

Violence is not power, but the absence of power.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The use of violence is justified only under a tyranny which makes reforms without violence impossible, and should have only one aim, that is,…

— Karl Popper

“There is only one further use of violence in political quarrels which I should consider justified. I mean the resistance, once democracy has been…

— Karl R. Popper

Democracy and violence can ill go together.

— Mahatma Gandhi

People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice…

— Steven Pinker