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- Your goal is not to break the law or provoke chaos.
- If the law is broken, do it with a purpose.
- Respect what you stand against.

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- Have the right mindset before taking action.
- Be able to accept the consequences of your actions.
- Don't do to people the wrongs they've done to you.

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- Let the world see what they have been ignoring.
- Peace will capture a person's attention more than violence.

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1. Know what you are dealing with
2. Reach compromises if necessary
3. Let the path to achieve a goal change you as a person
4. Stand firm and focussed on the goal.

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- You cannot change society.
- It is okay to accomplish something of a bigger picture rather than every small detail.

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- Accept the different opinions of others even if you do not agree with them.
- In doing this, remain true to your own values.

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- Don't be against the government, be for changes in the government.
- Be respectful and practical.

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"In no sense do i advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. That would lead to anarchy. One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. I submit that an individual that breaks the law that conscious tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty for imprisonment in order to arouse the conscious of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."

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"Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored."

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"Mindful of the difficulties involved, we decided to undertake a process of self-purification. We began a series of workshops on nonviolence, and we repeatedly asked ourselves: 'Are you able to except blows without retaliating?' 'Are you able to endure the ordeal of jail?'"

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"In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustice exists; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action."

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"I please myself with imagining a State at least which can afford to be just to all men, and to treat the individual with respect as a neighbor; which even would not think it inconsistent with its open repose if a few were to live aloof from it, not meddling with it, nor embraced by it, who fulfilled all the duties of neighbors and fellow-men."

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"It must help itself; do as i do. It is not worth the while to snivel about it. I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society."

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"But to speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that it will be one step toward obtaining it."