Adversaries Quote by Thomas Merton

[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than, and superior to, brute force.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong

— Anonymous

Nonviolence implies voluntary submission to the penalty for non-co-operation with evil.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The essence of nonviolence is love. Out of love and the willingness to act selflessly, strategies, tactics, and techniques for a nonviolent struggle arise…

— Nhat Hanh

The evil the enemy may do never expresses all that he is. Nonviolence is a wager-- not so much on the goodness of humanity--…

— Robert Inchausti

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is based on recognizing that all of us are human beings. And at a certain point we begin to learn that you don't…

— Grace Lee Boggs

Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong.

— Betty Williams

Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if…

— Coretta Scott King

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without…

— Martin Luther King, Jr