Henry Clay Quotes

The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.

I myself would go for nonviolence if it was consistent, if everybody was going to be nonviolent all the time. I'd say, okay, let's get with it, we'll all be nonviolent. But I don't go along with any kind of nonviolence unless everybody's going to be nonviolent. If they make the Ku Klux Klan nonviolent, I'll be nonviolent. If they make the White Citizens Council nonviolent, I'll be nonviolent. But as long as you've got somebody else not being nonviolent, I don't want anybody coming to me talking any nonviolent talk.

Nonviolence to be worth anything has to work in the face of hostile forces.

nonviolence first changes the individual.

Nonviolence is a universal law acting under all circumstances.

My nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger and leaving the dear ones unprotected.

Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

Nonviolence requires great patience.

Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together. True nonviolence is an impossibility without the possession of unadulterated fearlessness.

A person who believes in nonviolence believes in a living God. He cannot accept defeat.

Nonviolence of the strong is infinitely braver than their violence.

There is nothing but nonviolence to fall back upon for retaining our freedom, even as we had to do for gaining it.

The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence.

Non-violence is a very powerful weapon. Most people don't understand the power of non-violence and tend to be amazed by the whole idea. Those who have been involved in bringing about change and see the difference between violence and non-violence are firmly committed to a lifetime of non-violence, not because it is easy or because it is cowardly, but because it is an effective and very powerful way.

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

Nonviolence with Dr. [Martin Luther ]King is only a method. That's not his objective.

The essence of nonviolence is love. Out of love and the willingness to act selflessly, strategies, tactics, and techniques for a nonviolent struggle arise naturally. Nonviolence is not a dogma; it is a process.

Nonviolence is an attribute of the Almighty whose ways of fulfilling Himself are inscrutable.

Non violence means people in action. People have to understand that with non-violence goes a hell of a lot of organization.

Nonviolence is impossible without humility.

Nonviolence is a universal principle and its operation is not limited by a hostile environment.

Civil disobedience has almost always been about expression. Generally, it's nonviolent, as defined by Henry David Thoreau, Gandhi, and King.

Nonviolence is an intensely active force when properly understood and used.

Our aim is not to do things by violence to opponents.

Violence can only be effectively met by nonviolence. This is an old established truth.