nonviolence

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Participants carried signs denouncing “authoritarianism” and calling for the protection of democratic institutions, with many events emphasizing nonviolence and community organizing.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Leaders like Mahatma Gandhi in India and later Nelson Mandela in South Africa deployed disciplined nonviolence, chosen not because violence was unthinkable but because repression was predictable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

“I would say he lived by his principles of nonviolence and equality and love also in the home. “

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

And it only confused and offended Kennedy further when Smith tried to warn him that sometime in the not-too-distant future even those who preached nonviolence, like himself, would become fed up.

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025

This was my view, and I saw nonviolence in the Gandhian model not as an inviolable principle but as a tactic to be used as the situation demanded.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela