Non-Violent Action: How it Works

We use this term "nonviolent action" because, though the behavior of the persons described is determined enough, and even in its own way forceful, it is without physical violence. As it happened, the nonviolent action was successful in many cases; the Quakers were given religious liberty by the Puritans, the sit-ins integrated the Nashville lunch counters, Bismarck backed down, and Pilate also relented.

Evidently, nonviolent action has some kind of power, even when the action is not very spe...