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The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. ... Only reverence can restrain violence -- reverence for human life and the environment.
- William Sloan Coffin, Jr.
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
- Albert Einstein
Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
- Abraham Lincoln
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
- George Orwell
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
- Helen Keller
The besetting sin of most clever people is that it is much easier to say clever things than true ones.
- Kenneth Boulding
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.
- Malcolm X
No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise.
- Marian Anderson
A leader who does not hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.
- Golda Meir
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.
- Gersonides
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.
- Helen Keller
The besetting sin of most clever people is that it is much easier to say clever things than true ones.
- Kenneth Boulding
Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.
- Henry David Thoreau
People try nonviolence for a week and when it doesn't 'work' they go back to violence, which hasn't worked for centuries.