Nonviolence Quotes - Page 16

• Boycott of foreign cloth through picketing may easily be violent; through the use of khadi it is most natural and absolutely nonviolent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Use, May, Natural

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

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• Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Animal, Men, Doe

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.105, Courier Corporation

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• Much as being active in the antislavery movement of the last century involved more than not engaging in slavery oneself, so joining in an antiviolence movement has to go beyond opting for nonviolence in one's personal life. It calls for engaging in imaginative and forceful practices of nonviolent resistance to violence, including taking a stand toward entertainment violence.

  Sissela Bok

  Joining In, Practice, Movement

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• Nonviolent actions are by their nature androgynous. In them the two impulses that have long been treated as distinct, 'masculine' and 'feminine,' the impulse of self-assertion and the impulse of sympathy, are clearly joined; the very genius of nonviolence, in fact, is that it demonstrates them to be indivisible, and so restores human community.

  Barbara Deming

  Self, Masculine And Feminine, Two

  Barbara Deming (1974). “We cannot live without our lives”

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• From a magical point of view, the term 'nonviolence' doesn't work well. Every beginning Witch learns that you can't cast a spell for what you don't want - that the deep aspects of our minds are unclear on the concept of 'no.' If you tell your dog, 'Rover, I can't take you for a walk,' Rover hears 'Walk!' and runs for the door. If we say 'nonviolence,' we are still thinking in terms of violence.

  Starhawk

  Running, Dog, Thinking

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• A nonviolent system of government is clearly an impossibility so long as the wide gulf between the rich and the hungry millions persists.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Government, Long, Rich

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.126, A&C Black

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• Ethical veganism represents a commitment to nonviolence.

  Gary L. Francione

  Commitment, Ethical, Classism

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• Nonviolence with Dr. [Martin Luther ]King is only a method. That's not his objective.

  Malcolm X

  Kings, Drs, Dr Martin Luther King

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

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• Nonviolence is his, is his method. Well, my objective is the same as [Martin Luther] King's.

  Malcolm X

  Kings, Luther, Method

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

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• 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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• [Malcolm X] had said a great deal about nonviolence, criticizing nonviolence, and saying that I approved of Negro men and women being bitten by dogs and the fire hoses, and I say, say go on and not defend yourself. I think this kind of response grew out of the build up, all of the talk about my being a sort of polished Uncle Tom.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dog, Uncles, Men

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• It's very easy for one talking about violence and hatred for the white man to appeal to [Negro from ghetto]. I have never thought of this, but I think this is quite true, that if, even if you talk to them about nonviolence from a tactical point of view, they can't quite see it because they don't even know they're outnumbered.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Ghetto, Men, Thinking

  Source: www.theatlantic.com

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• I met Kaz in the mid 1980s when we invited him and other artists to the Ojai Foundation with Thich Nhat Hanh. I felt an instant connection with him, and since that time we have collaborated on many projects and have become good friends and allies in the work of nonviolence.

  Joan Halifax

  Good Friend, Artist, Foundation

  "About Kazuaki Tanahashi: An Interview with Roshi Joan Halifax". Shambhala Interview, www.shambhala.com.

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• The Indian government has managed to turn the concept of nonviolence on its head. Nonviolent resistance and nonviolent governance. Unlike, say, China or Turkey or Indonesia, India doesn't mow down its people. It doesn't kill people who are refusing to move. It just waits it out. It continues to do what it has to do and ignores the consequences.

  Arundhati Roy

  Moving, Government, Turkeys

  Source: progressive.org

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• The lessons of nonviolence are universal. Not just for America.

  John Lewis

  America, Lessons, Universal

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• There is all the difference in the world between the nonviolence that the ordinary Christian should embrace and the duty of civic authorities to police their communities. The end of Romans 12 is quite clear about the first; the start of Romans 13 is quite clear about the second.

  N. T. Wright

  Christian, Differences, Community

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• Nonviolence is based on recognizing that all of us are human beings. And at a certain point we begin to learn that you don't gather very much by making enemies out of people and not recognizing their humanity.

  Grace Lee Boggs

  People, Humanity, Enemy

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Religion by itself was not meant to be a divisive tool. All of our religious teachings have similar rules, such as a commitment to peace and nonviolence, and care for women and widows and orphans. What has destroyed a coming together is men's interpretation of religion.

  Leymah Gbowee

  Religious, Teaching, Commitment

  Source: progressive.org

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• Martin Luther King really was a safety valve for white people. Any time it appeared that the black community was on the verge of really doing what we ought to do based on having been attacked, they put Martin Luther King on television. He was always saying, "We must use nonviolence. We must overcome hate with love." White people loved that. That's why they gave him a Nobel Prize. But when Martin Luther King started condemning the Vietnam War, that's when white people turned against him.

  Ernie Chambers

  Hate, War, People

  "The Maverick of Omaha". Interview With Michael Beckel, www.motherjones.com. January 5, 2006.

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• [Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent resister seeks to defeat, not the persons victimized by evil.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Evil, Defeat, Force

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.100, Beacon Press

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• Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Brother, Compassion, Views

  Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence, Delivered 4 April 1967, Riverside Church, New York City

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• We no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence. The choice of today stands between nonviolence or non-existence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Choices, Today, Violence

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• I think nonviolence and the mediation of conflict by means of respecting civility must be promoted. But being the kind of beings we [peoplep] are - wrestling with greed, and wrestling with fears and security, anxieties, wrestling with hatred that's shot through all of us - wars are here to stay.

  Cornel West

  War, Mean, Wrestling

  Source: genius.com

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• The longer you practice nonviolence and the meditative qualities of it that you will need, the more likely you are to do something intelligent in any situation.

  Joan Baez

  Intelligent, Practice, Quality

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• Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught from childhood to accept as the natural order. It changes her life and the lives of those with whom she shares this vision of nonviolence. Ethical veganism is anything but passive; on the contrary, it is the active refusal to cooperate with injustice

  Gary L. Francione

  Order, Profound, Rejection

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