There should be no censorship of mail.

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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.

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Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears.

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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.

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People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.

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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.

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All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever be put away.

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Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.

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The injunction that we should love our neighbors as ourselves means to us equally that we should love ourselves as we love our neighbors.

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Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.

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