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Principle of Martin Luther King Jr.
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nonviolence
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nonviolence \nonviolence\ n. The theory, doctrine, or practice of peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate. Syn: passive resistance.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate [syn: passive resistance , nonviolent resistance ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts. n. A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Nonviolence (from Sanskrit ahimṣā , non-violence , "lack of desire to harm or kill") is the personal practice of being harmless to self and others under every condition. It comes from the belief that hurting people, animals or the environment is unnecessary ...
Usage examples of nonviolence.
Later, with the Hindu shift toward pacifism and nonviolence, the brahmin, or priestly caste, became predominant, with kshatriyas shifting into the second-highest position from around the fifth century A.
And in later days I was able to verify the fact: he had signed with them a pact of mutual toleration and nonviolence, until their common enemies, the Giants, should be disposed of.
We talked for a long time, about jokers and aces and nats, and violence and nonviolence and war and peace, about brotherhood and revenge and turning the other cheek and taking care of your own, and in the end we settled nothing.
That night, at nine o’clock precisely, the spotlights were turned on around the new palaces of Hydroelectricity, Justice, Agriculture, and Nonviolence.
The Ethic does seem right from the point of view of alloperantstogether because it's noble you know it catches the attention of the normals FatherAndy calls it moral suasion but it's not something you have to do is it I don't see what's wrong with the Russian heads saying they'll defend their country mentally what good would it do them to be noble and a beautiful example of nonviolence if they all died?