“If you refuse to use physical force, then you will be at the mercy of your oppressor!”

“The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. All the reasons which make the initiation of physical force an evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative.If some "pacifist" society renounced the retaliatory use of force, it would be left helplessly at the mercy of the first thug who decided to be immoral. Such a society would achieve the opposite of its intention: instead of abolishing evil, it would encourage and reward it.”

“Sometimes, the more you protect your force, the less secure you may be. Sometimes, the more force is used, the less effective it is.”

“Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.”

“Is numerical equality (forced by the use of specific physical units) the same as conceptual equality? Of course NOT!”

“Moral power is always more dangerous to an oppressor than political force.”