Accepting Quote by Wole Soyinka

I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African…

— Nelson Mandela

My first introduction to South Africa's struggle for freedom came when I was just 17. I had volunteered to speak in my mother's stead…

— Bernice King

I'm a student of violence because I'm a student of the human heart.

— Sam Peckinpah

In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the…

— Desmond Tutu

The use of violence by individuals... is not a position that I support or would ever want to be in again.

— Susan Rosenberg

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

I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.

— Justin Sane

We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became…

— Joan Baez

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

— Takeshi Kitano

I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the anti-apartheid years,…

— Achmat Dangor

I faced a certain amount of violence. It taught me that I had to learn to protect myself - and it made me stronger.…

— Daniela Vega

When faced with a choice between violence and cowardice, always choose violence

— Mahatma Gandhi