Vanessa Hudgens Quotes

Power to the peaceful!

Anybody who walks out peacefully, who protests peacefully, that's what this country was built on.

You know in democracy you can protest peacefully and I'm sure you know it will have at least some kind of impact. You need to raise your voice. If you can't do much, you know, but at least raise you voice. Raising your voice is something you need to do.

Nonviolence worked in Serbia, and it can work in other countries seeking their freedom.

There's no problem on the planet that can't be solved without violence. That's the lesson of the civil rights movement.

The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.

You can't change the system through violence.

I have become a prisoner of the peace movement. But you can't say that the termination is coming and then say that you are going back to your own garden to dig.

There's something contagious about demanding freedom.

I was very active in the peace movement, still am.

The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will.

Power Concedes Nothing

If you athletes boycott the Olympics, it will be like a rock dropping in the water. The ripples and waves will be felt all over. You can be that rock. No one will die and that is the way to fight.

Before we went on any protest, whether it was sit-ins or the freedom rides or any march, we prepared ourselves, and we were disciplined. We were committed to the way of peace - the way of non-violence - the way of love - the way of life as the way of living.

I'm proud to say I was part of a movement in which we sang 'All You Need Is Love' at political rallies.

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

We have the freedom of speech. We are able to hold hands in protest and stand up for what we believe in and have people hear what you have to say.

We will change things if people stand up for what they believe in against injustice and death to save themselves and the future of America - and the world.

History doesn't give credence for resorting to violence to have your voice heard.

Change comes when people are willing to commit acts of peaceful civil disobedience.

Gandhi protested against restrictive policies. So did 'Guru.'

Actions always speak louder than words, especially when they're peaceful actions.

One of the things I loved - or I love still - about this Occupy movement is it's got a very gentle core. I mean, it's really decidedly nonviolent in the face of all kinds of situations.

Peaceful protest is a hallmark of our democracy. It has been in impetus for social change throughout our history.