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All of my life I have stayed away from violence and the instruments of violence, and have seen a legal, democratic struggle as the only means to achieve change.

— Osman Baydemir

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence, hatred and lies. A lesson drawn from such experiences, however, was that we can effectively oppose violence only if we ourselves do not resort to it.

— Lech Walesa

We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.

— Joan Baez

I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to.

— Steven Seagal

I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech.

— Teresa Heinz

I've been in revolt for years against ignominy, against injustice, against inequality, against immorality, against the exploitation of human beings.

— Hugo Chavez

In the course of my lifetime, that world went from violence to a kind of peace.

— Kenneth Branagh

I have lived all my life as part of an ethnic conflict.

— Ori Gersht

✗Opposing Perspectives

Politics for me started in violence.

— Marine Le Pen

Violence ravaged my life. I was a victim of hatred, and I have dedicated my life to reversing that hatred.

— Michelle Bachelet