#nonviolent

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#alcoholics #country #crime #health #health problem

Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others. ↗

— César Chávez

#animal-kindness #animal-rights #nonviolent #vegan #life

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#always #any #been #differences #many

On some campuses, change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#change #effected #even #means #nonviolent

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

— Barbara Deming

#be nice #consciences #consult #does #effect

Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#action #behalf #inclined #into #men

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. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#change #civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #fortifying

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. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#armed #because #christian #committed #here

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

#deed #enough #entirely #goal #keep

But research confirms that both Republican and Democratic women are more likely than their male counterparts to initiate and fight for bills that champion social justice, protect the environment, advocate for families, and promote nonviolent conflict resolution. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

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