Taking fear away from people and replacing it with courage is the essence of nonviolence.
— Mubarak Awad
Founder Nonviolence International
Greta Thunberg
I’ll never support any kind of violence. All changes must come from democracy, equal rights, nonviolence and peace. Saying no to fascism isn’t a political view, it’s common sense.
— Greta Thunberg
Malala Yousafzai, UN Messenger of Peace
If you want to end the war then instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending tanks, send pens. Instead of sending soldiers, send teachers.
— Malala Yousafzai
UN Messenger of Peace
Bishop Desmond Tutu
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
— Bishop Desmond Tutu
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.