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Six Principles of Nonviolence
Six Principles of Nonviolence
Dr. King's Six Principles of Nonviolence
Principle One: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people
Principle Two: Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding
Principle Three: Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people
Principle Four: Nonviolence holds that suffering can educate and transform
Principle Five: Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate
Principle Six: Nonviolence believes that the universe is on the side of
justice
* derived from "Pilgrimage to Nonviolence", Stride Toward Freedom. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1958