Creative Quotations from Barbara Deming (1917-1984)

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Barbara Deming
(1917-1984) born on Jul 23

US political activist, author, pacifist. She wrote and spoke about the connections between feminism and nonviolence; wrote "Prisons That Could Not Hold," 1995.

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I learned always to trust my own deep sense of what I should do, and not just obediently trust the judgment of others - even others better than I am.

To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.

A great many of us [must] move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.

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

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Barbara Deming Memorial Peace Walk," at www.rpi.edu/~mccabd/bdwords.html.
R:	"Barbara Deming Memorial Peace Walk," at www.rpi.edu/~mccabd/bdwords.html.
A:	"Barbara Deming Memorial Peace Walk," at www.rpi.edu/~mccabd/bdwords.html.
N:	"Barbara Deming Memorial Peace Walk," at www.rpi.edu/~mccabd/bdwords.html.
K:	"Barbara Deming Memorial Peace Walk," at www.rpi.edu/~mccabd/bdwords.html.