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) |
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