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
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
“If Ghandi can win with nonviolence, can we win with nonviolence?” she asked.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025
But he refused to back down from his beliefs, saying, “If I am the last, lone voice speaking for nonviolence, that I will do.”
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
Vocabulary lists containing nonviolence
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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