We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.
Source: Letter from Birmingham Jail, in Why We Can't Wait, 1963.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr, (Jan 15 1929-1968), US civil rights leader, clergyman; He eloquently led the non-violent Civil Rights movement, 1950-1968 and won the Nobel Prize, 1964.