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Non violence

(noun) A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

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"Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion."
— Mother Teresa
"Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"Violence is not only impractical but immoral."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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