Nonviolence

Posted on May 13th, 2006 in Human Rights by Vegan Momma

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Six Principles of Nonviolence” laid out in Dr. King’s book Stride Toward Freedom:

1. Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people

2. Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding

3. Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people

4. Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform

5. Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate

6. Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice