Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked (Proverbs 10:11)

Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee

Slow violence is seldom recognized. Hunger, poverty and injustice usually aren’t acknowledged until after the revolution

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler would referee. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor; and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy of violence and massacre, not the African people .... It was further argued that it is wrong and indefensible for a political Organization to repudiate picketing, whi

The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness the people's non-violent policies have been taken as a green light for government violence. Refusal to resort to force has been interpreted by the government as an invitat

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit

If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos