MLK Jr., Six Principles Of Nonviolence
SIX PRINCIPLES OF NONVIOLENCE
1. PRINCIPLE ONE: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.
* It is active nonviolent resistance to evil.
* It is aggressive spiritually, mentally and emotionally.
2. PRINCIPLE TWO: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.
* The end result of nonviolence is redemption and reconciliation.
* The purpose of nonviolence is the creation of the Beloved Community.
3. PRINCIPLE THREE: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice not people.
* Nonviolence recognizes that evildoers are also victims and are not evil people.
* The nonviolent resister seeks to defeat evil not people.
4. PRINCIPLE FOUR: Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform.
* Nonviolence accepts suffering without retaliation.
* Unearned suffering is redemptive and has tremendous educational and transforming possibilities.
5. PRINCIPLE FIVE: Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.
* Nonviolence resists violence of the spirit as well as the body.
* Nonviolent love is spontaneous, unmotivated, unselfish and creative.
6. PRINCIPLE SIX: Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of justice.
* The nonviolent resister has deep faith that justice will eventually win.
* Nonviolence believes that God is a God of justice.
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