All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

Buddha

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As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I. Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.

Buddha

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It was an army whose allegiance was to God and whose strategy and intelligence were eloquently simple dictates of conscience.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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The nonviolent resister agrees with the person who acquiesces that one should not be physically aggressive toward his opponent; but he balances the equation by agreeing with the person of violence that evil must be resisted. He avoids the nonresistance of the former and the violent resistance of the latter.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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