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I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.

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

I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.

As a person, I'm anti-violence.

My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.

I'm not a violent person.

I really believe in non-violence, but I also believe in a short of resistance that has to be respectful.

I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence.

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.