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Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.

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

Violence is not more efficient than non-violence.

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.

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

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

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

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

Violence is absolutely not our method.