Nonviolence is a philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of violence. As such, nonviolence is an alternative to passive acceptance of oppression and armed struggle against it. Practitioners of nonviolence may use diverse methods in their campaigns for social change, including critical forms of education and persuasion, civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action, and targeted communication via mass media.
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Nonviolence
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- Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
- Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.
- Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be inseparable part of our very being.
- Whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. -- Matthew 5:39
- It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.
- Hurt a fly! He would not for the world: he's pitiful to flies even. Sing, says he, and tease me still, if that's your way, poor insect.
- It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy of non-violence. The Negro all over the South must come to the point that he can say to his white brother: We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. We will not hate you, but we will not obey your evil laws. We will soon wear you down by pure capacity to suffer.
- The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.
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Activists:
- Ralph Abernathy
- Jane Addams
- Corazon Aquino
- Nafez Assaily
- Mubarak Awad
- Joan Baez
- Mustafa Barghouti
- Medea Benjamin
- Daniel Berrigan
- Albert Bigelow
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