Claire Fox Quotes

Violence is absolutely not our method.

I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.

Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.

When somebody says, 'Oh, Buffy, you're such a warrior for peace', I stop them and say, 'No, I'm not really a warrior for peace. What I promote is alternative conflict resolution'.

I am absolutely against any violence.

As a person, I'm anti-violence.

You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.

I don't ever believe in violence as a kind of medicine.

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

Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.

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

If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism.

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

I'm not going to appeal to violence or aggression - of course not.

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.

We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might.

I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs.

It is not our business to collect trophies but to try … [to] bring back the world to peaceful habits

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.

I can tell you as a leader of a party that I'm fundamentally opposed to violence, fundamentally opposed to any innocent lives being taken, fundamentally opposed to any violence being perpetrated against people.