Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

It is better to be killed than to kill.

I am prepared to die but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

If blood be shed, let it be our own. Let us cultivate the calm courage to die without killing.

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.

I would suffer all the humiliation, all the torture, the absolute ostracism and even death, to prevent violence

I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything.

Violence is absolutely not our method.

Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.

Be bullied, be outraged, be killed, but do not kill.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

The time has come for all good men to rise above principle.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!

It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice.

Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.

Nonviolent defence presupposes recklessness about one's life and property.

Anytime you tell a man to turn the other cheek or to be nonviolent in the face of a violent enemy, you're making that man defenseless. You're robbing him of his God-given right to defend himself.

I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil.

I must declare that it is better for India do discard violence altogether even for defending her borders.

Firstly, as a Buddhist monk, I hold that violence is not good. Secondly, I am a firm believer in the Gandian ethic of passive resistance. And thirdly, in reality, violence is not our strength.

Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another.

The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.

It is nonviolent non-co-operation which evokes the highest spirit of self-sacrifice that will wean one from the error of one's ways.

My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill.