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Synonyms for nonviolence
nɒnˈvaɪ ə lənsnon·vi·o·lence

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  1. passive resistance, nonviolent resistance, nonviolencenoun

    peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate

    Synonyms:
    passive resistance, nonviolent resistance

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  1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    We can't win the world with weapons or violence. We can win the world with love and practice of nonviolence.

  2. Malcolm X:

    Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.

  3. Martin Luther King Jr., December 11, 1964:

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

  4. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

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

  5. Uncle ML:

    Nonviolence isabsolute commitment to theway of love. Love is not emotional bash ; it is not empty sentimentalism, it is the active outpouring of one’s whole being into the being of another.


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