A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed. — Barbara Deming
After the revolution, let us hope, prisons simply would not exist – if by prisons we mean — Barbara Deming
All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being — Barbara Deming
Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one’s fears. — Barbara Deming
The injunction that we should love our neighbors as ourselves means to us equally that — Barbara Deming
The point is to change one’s life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that — Barbara Deming
Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people’s minds the — Barbara Deming
To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. — Barbara Deming
This is the heart of my argument: we can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom — Barbara Deming