Nonviolent Quotes

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. - Martin Luther King Jr.

We were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline. - Jesse Jackson

We must follow nonviolent principle so that later we can live happily. - Dalai Lama

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. - Mahatma Gandhi

We just wanted people ... to come together so we could work it out in a nonviolent way. - Jamie Jones

We didn't want our system so stuffed with nonviolent offenders that we were paroling violent offenders. What makes sense is to use those resources for your most violent offenders. - Tom Ross

We are not saying that the government of Iraq is some wonderful government. We are not saying Saddam Hussein is some saint. What we are saying is there is a better way to achieve peace in the Middle East -- through diplomacy, through negotiation and a focus on nonviolent means of resolving this crisis. - Damu Smith

Was the catalyst of one of the most important freedom movements not only in American history but in world history .. indeed she became the symbol and personification of our nonviolent struggle for liberation and human dignity. - Rosa Parks

Typically, the house-arrest devices work perfectly for the nonviolent offenders. - Janet Horton

They are not following dharma who resort to violence to achieve their purpose. But those who lead others through nonviolent means, knowing right and wrong, may be called guardians of the dharma. - Buddha