Violence Quotes

Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence.

Probably, violent things I’ve done when I was younger, was probably the most despicable thing that I’ve ever done.

It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.

For mass struggles, nonviolence is essential.

People on a daily basis walk up to me, panic, and tell me something extremely graphic and violent about their life.

[The] government has room to scale back individual rights during wartime without violating the Constitution. The Constitution just sets minimums. Most of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the Constitution requires.

Healing can look a lot like violence.

King-ian nonviolence is a way of thinking and living and is not confined to the work of social and systemic change.

Daddy taught us through his philosophy of nonviolence, which placed love at the centerpiece, that through that love we can turn enemies into friends. Through that love, we can create more dignified atmospheres.

I sometimes just don’t like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.