•“Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.” 
― Malcolm X

•“The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.”
― Mahatma Gandhi 

•“Violence is not only impractical but immoral.” 
― Martin Luther King Jr.

•“Nothing good ever comes of violence.”
― Martin Luther 

•“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi

•“The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.”
― Bill Cosby 

•“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” 
― E.F. Schumacher

•“So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs.” 

•“People who are powerless make an open theater of violence.”
― Don DeLillo 

•“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” 
― Isaac Asimov

•“God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.”
― Euripides 

•“Senseless violence is a prerogative of youth, which has much energy but little talent for the constructive.” 
― Anthony Burgess

•“Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.”
― Pope John Paul II 

•“The moment a man claims a right to control the will of a fellow being by physical force, he is at heart a slaveholder. ”

•“Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.” 
― Chris Hedges

•“Nonviolence doesn't always work - but violence never does.”

•“Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.”
― Willie Stargell 

•“As much as it hurts, I would rather miss someone than hit someone.” 
― Brian Celio

•“Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.”
― Ralph Steadman 

•“War is not a means but an end. It makes violence respectable and makes sadists look like heroes.” 
― Mary Horlock

•“We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.” 
― Nelson Mandela

•“In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain.” 
― Aberjhani

•“Anyone who remains silent in the face of murder is an accomplice to murder. Anyone who does not condemn approves.” 
― Zofia Kossak-Szczucka

•“Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.”
― Pope John Paul II 

•“Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.”

•“Violence is the language of the inarticulate.” 
― Aussiescribbler

•“Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.”