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Pledge of Nonviolence

April 21, 2010 - 15:47 ET

Below is the Pledge of Nonviolence that Martin Luther King, Jr. asked those who believed in his message to abide by as well as his core principles of nonviolence.

MAKE THE SAME

commitment to non-violence that Dr. King

required of everyone who

marched with him. Glenn Beck featured this pledge on his show the other day, and he has said that soon he will be giving everyone the the opportunity to make that pledge public by ‘signing’ these documents.

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Pledge of Nonviolence

1. As you prepare to march meditate on the life and teachings of Jesus

2. Remember the nonviolent movement seeks justice and reconciliation - not victory.

3. Walk and talk in the manner of love; for God is love.

4. Pray daily to be used by God that all men and women might be free.

5. Sacrifice personal wishes that all might be free.

6. Observe with friend and foes the ordinary rules of courtesy.

7. Perform regular service for others and the world.

8. Refrain from violence of fist, tongue and heart.

9. Strive to be in good spiritual and bodily health.

10. Follow the directions of the movement leaders and of the captains on demonstrations.

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The Five Principles of Non-Violence

1. Non-violent resistance is not a method for cowards. It does resist. The nonviolent resister is just as strongly opposed to the evil against which he protests, as is the person who uses violence. His method is passive or nonaggressive in the sense that he is not physically aggressive toward his opponent, but his mind and emotions are always active, constantly seeking to persuade the opponent that he is mistaken. This method is passive physically but strongly active spiritually; it is nonaggressive physically but dynamically aggressive spiritually.

2. Nonviolent resistance does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding. The nonviolent resister must often express his protest through noncooperation or boycotts, but he realizes that noncooperation and boycotts are not ends themselves; they are merely means to awaken a sense of moral shame in the opponent.

3. The attack is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who are caught in those forces. It is a struggle between justice and injustice, between the forces of light and the forces of darkness.

4. Nonviolent resistance avoids not only external physical violence, but also internal violence of spirit. At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.

5. Nonviolence is based on the conviction that the universe is on the side of justice. It is the deep faith in the future that allows a nonviolent resister to accept suffering without retaliation. The nonviolent resister knows that in his struggle for justice, he has a cosmic companionship.

NINE PRINCIPLES

TWELVE VALUES

The 9 Principles

1. America Is Good.

2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.

God “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation

that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” ~George Washington

3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.

Honesty “I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to

maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character

of an honest man.” George Washington

4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.

Marriage/Family “It is in the love of one’s family only that heartfelt

happiness is known. By a law of our nature, we cannot be happy without

the endearing connections of a family.” Thomas Jefferson

5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is

above it.

Justice “I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal

and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or

political.” Thomas Jefferson

6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no

guarantee of equal results.

Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness “Everyone has a natural right

to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely to give him

comfortable subsistence.” Thomas Jefferson

7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to.

Government cannot force me to be charitable.

Charity “It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all

however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may

suffer.” George Washington

8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share

my personal opinion.

On your right to disagree “In a free and republican government, you

cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he

thinks, or more properly without thinking.” George Washington

9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they

answer to me.

Who works for whom? “I consider the people who constitute a society

or a nation as the source of all authority in that nation.” Thomas Jefferson

The 12 Values

* Honesty

* Reverence

* Hope

* Thrift

* Humility

* Charity

* Sincerity

* Moderation

* Hard Work

* Courage

* Personal Responsibility