Barbara Deming

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.

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

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

Barbara Deming