"Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr
Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.
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“Join with the Earth and each other, to bring new life to the land, to restore the waters, to refresh the air, to renew the forests, to care for the plants, to protect the creatures, to celebrate the seas, to rejoice in the sunlight, to sing the song of the stars, to recall our destiny, to renew our spirits, to reinvigorate our bodies, to recreate the human community, to promote justice and peace, to love our children and love one another, to join together as many and diverse expressions of one loving mystery, for the healing of the Earth and the renewal of all life.”
“Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.”
“Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid.”
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“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive good will proclaim the rule of the land.”
“All history is the decline of war, though the slow decline. All that society has yet gained is mitigation; the doctrine of the right of war still remains.”
“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd, I stand and look at them long and long.”
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“Nonviolent action means mobilization of world opinion in our favour.”
“Destruction is not the law of humans. Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him. Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.”
“Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.”