„Non-violent resistance activities cannot succeed against an enemy that is able freely to use violence.“

— Noam Chomsky
„Non-violent resistance activities cannot succeed against an enemy that is able freely to use violence. That's pretty obvious. You can't have non-violent resistance against the Nazis in a concentration camp, to take an extreme case...“
— Noam Chomsky
„You can't have non-violent resistance against the Nazis in a concentration camp“
— Noam Chomsky
„Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed.“
— Barack Obama
„But there is another way. And that is to organize mass non-violent resistance based on the principle of love.“
— Jr.
„Furthermore, few, if any, violent revolutions have been successful unless the violent minority had the sympathy and support of the non-resisting majority.“
— Jr.