Nonviolence Quotes

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.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

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

Nonviolence is a flop. The only bigger flop is violence.

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

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

We must, I believe, start teaching our children the sanity of nonviolence much earlier.

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.

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.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to honor the greatest champion of racial equality who taught a nation - through compassion and courage - about democracy, nonviolence and racial justice.

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

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not.

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