If they are truly nonviolent, they must also realize that civil disobedience is an impossibility till the preliminary work of construction is done.
Mahatma GandhiNonviolence of the strong cannot be a mere policy. It must be a creed, or a passion, if 'creed' is objected to.
Mahatma GandhiWe no longer have a choice between violence and non-violence. The choice of today stands between nonviolence or non-existence.
Mahatma Gandhi