Quotes about Non-Violent Strategies

William Westmoreland

I do not want to lead an army of mercenaries.

Bernard Lafayette

People must lean the strategies of non-violence as a skill for use in their homes, their work and in making social change….Violence is an inarticulate language.

Jalal Talabani

Military confrontation is not a suitable alternative in confronting terror and current security threats.

Abba Eban

Israel can either shoot or shout, but it is politically impossible to be silent about terrorism

Arab terrorists were raiding Israel. The United States, not yet having experienced September 11 was urging Israel not to retaliate and quietly allow diplomacy to operate.

Jason Kander

Ground troops... have to be a last resort. I think they should always be a last resort.

F. Murray Abraham

I'd like President Bush to think maybe there's another way to think, that maybe Kissinger was wrong when he says we had to go in there because he was wrong about Vietnam.

Carlos Salinas de Gortari

The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations.

Menachem Begin

Operation Peace for Galilee is not a military operation resulting from the lack of an alternative.

Barbara Kruger

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

Barbara Lee

I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.

Justin Gaethje

My only goal ever in a fight was to go in there and create chaos. Now, I want to control the chaos that hate's created. I want to fight in the right spots.

Dennis Kucinich

You have to talk to them before you think about bombing them.

For various historical reasons the United States and Iran at that time had no diplomatic relations and there was no easy way for the countries to negotiate their differences. The United States public policy was that Iran would not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon which was backed up by severe economic sanctions and the threat of military force. Kucinich wanted face to face negotiations and discussions before we resorted to military action.

John Mortimer

A war against terrorism is an impracticable conception if it means fighting terrorism with terrorism.

Malala Yousafzai

The best way to fight terrorism is not through guns. It's through pens, books, teachers and schools.

Jim Wallis

If the president is going to use so much language of theology and the Bible, then let's use that language for a serious discussion about the war in Iraq. And that was never done.

Robert M. Gates

Development is a lot cheaper than soldiers.

Nong Duc Manh

The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state. We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians.

Daniel Cormier

There are ways to win fights, and sometimes you don't always choose the easiest way to win a fight.

Non-Violent Strategies Quotes