Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.

quote by Barbara Deming
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So, at the age of nine, I became a monk, and from then on I was there practicing that kind of nonviolence.

quote by Satish Kumar
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Non-violence is the article of faith.

quote by Mohandas Gandhi
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In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.

quote by Vinoba Bhave
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It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

quote by Mahatma Gandhi
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Gandhi Stamp!

A person who taught us
non-violence gets punches everyday,
Stamp punching in post office!

A person who taught us
non-violence gets punches everyday,
Gandhi Stamp!

poem by V.K. Kanniappan
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Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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That is someone who follows the teachings of the nonviolent Jesus and takes the gospel personally, and then pays the price. I fall into that category.

quote by Martin Sheen
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Non-violence is the best religion.

Bengali proverbs
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As a civil rights leader, Mrs. King's vision of racial peace and nonviolent social change was a fortifying staple in advancing the civil rights movement.

quote by James T. Walsh
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The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.

quote by Joan Baez
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

quote by Cesar Chavez
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Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom

quote by H.G. Wells
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I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone.

quote by Mangosuthu Buthelezi
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Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.

quote by Eliot Engel
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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here.

quote by Mangosuthu Buthelezi
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The roster of Nobel Peace Prize winners, though it has some strange people on it from time to time, tends to feature folks who fought for social justice in a nonviolent and constructive way somehow.

quote by Guy Burgess
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