Activism Quote by Rebecca Solnit

“The violence of power is unacceptable only when we see it in action.”

— Olivier Razac

“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

“Peace is not the absence of violence, peace is an act of controlled violence.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Violence is a primitive but still very widespread way in which the ego attempts to assert itself, to prove itself right and another wrong.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Violence is the fear to other's ideals.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“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 can be a gift. Violence belongs to everyone.”

— Bryant McGill

Violence is not power, but the absence of power.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The system wears a mask of civility, yet will quickly reveal its true nature in the form of magnificently-purposed violence when needed.”

— Bryant McGill

“Nonviolence is not just a state of being where violence is absent or invisible. It is a conscious, active effort not to harm anyone…

— Arun Gandhi

“in the epoch of representation, assault rules. The regime of representation produces violence.”

— Barbara Bolt

“Governments are committed to preserving the myth of their monopoly on violence. Violence belongs to everyone.”

— Bryant McGill