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Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

When you do something in a nonviolent way, people will die and there will be casualties. But you're taking a different point of view that has a power.

One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them.

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

Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

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.

Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.