Non-Violent Quotes

War should be the last resort, not the first response.

There will be no fighting. We know that these fellows won’t fight.

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

A revolution simply means great change, significant change, and that's how I'm defining it - great change for the better, brought about through non-violent means.

Violence is absolutely not our method.

[Dwight Eisenhower is] a soldier who doesn't like or want war. It's like a whore who believes in chastity.

I'm a lover, not a fighter. No battles for me.

Democracies do not go to war. War is not our expression of thought.

I’m not a violent person, Sydney. Not at all. I’ll make love over war any day. But I swear, if they’d hurt you—” “They didn’t,” I said firmly. I refused to let him know how scared I’d been because I was afraid he might go after them. “I’m fine. You came to the rescue.” A smile played at his lips. “Something tells me you would’ve rescued yourself.” And like that, the smile vanished. “But spirit would’ve been a lot more effective than a branch.” “Your treejitsu was very effective.

I am absolutely against any violence.

As I've always said, 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' I'm much better with women than I am being tough in a bar!

Two thousand years ago, we abandoned imperialism and militarism. We have been peace-lovers ever since.

Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes.

Violence is not the way.

Aikido is based on the projection of love.

Ahimsa is one of the world's great principles, which no power on earth can wipe out.

Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people. We don't even have an army. So it's sort of like an all-around good, innocent place.

A person who has truly realized the principle of nonviolence has the God given strength for his weapon, and the world has not yet known anything that can match it.

Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun.

I wasn't ever a bad guy, and I was never arrested or anything like that, but I was a wild boy in many respects.

When I write, I keep the family audience in mind. I ensure there's no vulgarity, as families are coming into the theatres, and there's no blood and gore because of the kids. There is a set of people who doesn't like my cinema, but there's a bigger group that likes the kind of movies I make.

What you need to do in conflict resolution is to bring the people who believe that the answer to their political ambitions will be achieved through violence into a frame of mind that they accept that their political ambitions will be delivered by politics.

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak is what you are,' I said. He stuck out his hand. 'Come on, slugger. Walk with me. You know you want to.' And the thing was, despite everything I knew-that it was a mistake, that he was different from the others-I did. How he knew that, I had no idea. But I got up and did it anyway.