Jesse Jackson Quotes About Nonviolence

Quotes about: Nonviolence

• If whites would vote their economic interests, not their racial fears, we the people who have the most need for change have the power to bring about that change nonviolently.

  Jesse Jackson

  Racism, People, Needs

• Peace is the alternative to war, and nonviolence should be seen as the antidote to violence, not simply as its opposite. Nonviolence is more concerned with saving life than with saving face.

  Jesse Jackson

  Peace, War, Opposites

  "Jesse Jackson: A Candid Conversation with the Civil Rights Leader". Interview with Arthur Kretchmer, playboysfw.kinja.com. February 24, 2014.

• I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.

  Jesse Jackson

  Alternatives, Nonviolence

  Interview with Arthur Kretchmer, www.playboy.com. October 14, 2011.

• The trouble is that nonviolence is so often defined as refusal to fight, and that is the American definition of cowardice. In fact, marching unarmed against the guns and dogs of the police requires more courage than does aggression. The perverted idea of manhood coming from the barrel of a gun is what keeps people from understanding nonviolence.

  Jesse Jackson

  Dog, Fighting, Gun

  Interview with Arthur Kretchmer, www.playboy.com. October 14, 2011.

• I think Hamas should be challenged to consider really embracing Gandhi and Dr. Kings philosophy of advocating nonviolence as a way to achieve self determination, end occupation, achieve unity within their country, and gain allies within Israel. I think this idea of an eye for and eye, a rocket for a bomb, will never bring about peace for either side.

  Jesse Jackson

  Country, Determination, Kings

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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