I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.
I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.
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.
Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night.
I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.
Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
Violence is not more efficient than non-violence.
There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement.
We've never advocated violence; violence is inflicted upon us. But we do believe in self-defense for ourselves and for black people.
We all agreed that violence begets violence, and you can't solve issues with more violence.