#nonviolent

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.

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I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us. ↗

— Martin Sheen

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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. ↗

— Martin Sheen

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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. ↗

— Guy Burgess

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I think the only choice that will enable us to hold to our vision... is one that abandons the concept of naming enemies and adopts a concept familiar to the nonviolent tradition: naming behavior that is oppressive. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#choice #concept #enable #familiar #hold

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live. ↗

— Maynard Jackson

#best #changing #how #live #means

I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to. ↗

— Steven Seagal

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So that the failures to pass a civil rights bill isn't because of Black Power, isn't because of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; it's not because of the rebellions that are occurring in the major cities. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#bill #black #cities #civil #civil rights

Any decent society has to be built on trust and love and the intelligent use of information and feelings. Education involves being able to practice those things as you struggle to build a decent society that can be nonviolent. ↗

— Myles Horton

#love #nonviolent #society #trust #education

I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned with nonviolent consumption and my own health, a vegan diet was the best decision. ↗

— Davey Havok

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