“We are non-violent with people who are non-violent with us.”

To have once been a criminal is no disgrace. To remain a criminal is the disgrace.

The price of freedom is death.

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man.

You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.

History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.

Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.

A man who believes in freedom will do anything under the sun to acquire, or preserve his freedom.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

Learn to see, listen, and think for yourself.

The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world.

You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

My sincerity is my credentials.

If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.

I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

We do not need guns and bombs to bring peace, we need love and compassion.

Non violence as a way of life, a way of living, not simply as a technique or a tactic.

There is a need for a movement of non-violent direct action.

Violence is not only impractical but immoral.

Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

I don’t wish power, only art -art and passion.

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.