Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Quotes

I cannot accept violence.

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

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

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

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

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

Violence isn't really my thing.

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

Nothing good ever comes of violence.

Violence is not more efficient than non-violence.

We shall use only peaceful means and we shall not permit any other kind of method.

I am absolutely against any violence.

Violence has never resolved any issue.

I do not condone the use of violence.

I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.

I will not dip my hands in blood by choosing unnecessary violence.

Make Love, Not War

Anybody who resorts to violence will have no friends in the United States.

No matter how thuggishly the enemy behaves, the court will absolutely not resort to war.

I'm not a violent person; I'm not interested in violence.

If all were nonviolent, there would be no anarchy and there would be no question of anybody being armed for meeting aggression from without.

I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.

The only thing for a pacifist to do is to find a substitute for war.

Yes, always avoid violence. In this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined.