Our Inspiration

The UK forum for non-violence has been inspired by many people and groups who have come before us. The following list links to a short biography of some of the people and movements who have come before us.

Amenhotep IV Hinduism- Jainism Gautama Buddha King Asoka
Plato Jesus Christ Judaism Baha'i Faith
Islam & Sufism Bartolomé de Las Casas George Fox founder of the Quakers Tom Paine and A.N. de Condorcet
Immanuel Kant Henry David Thoreau Leon Tolstoy Mohandas K Gandhi
The Suffragettes Aldo Capitini Albert Einstein Martin Luther King, jr
Patrice Lumumba Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan Bertrand Russell Aung San Suu Kyi
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Rigoberta Menchú Shirin Ebadi Mario Rodriguez Cobos (Silo)