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Episode Description:
In our fifth episode, we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s next principle of nonviolence—that nonviolence chooses love instead of hate. King emphasized that nonviolence meant not only renouncing physical violence, but also the avoidance of hatred—what he called the “internal violence of the spirit.” Listen for more!

60-Second Civics, Episode 4798: January 16, 2023

Love, Not Hate: Six Principles of Nonviolence, Part 5

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Welcome to 60-Second Civics from the Center for Civic Education. I’m Mark Gage.

Today we discuss Martin Luther King Jr.'s fifth principle of nonviolence—that nonviolence chooses love instead of hate. 

 

King emphasized that nonviolence meant not only renouncing physical violence, but also the avoidance of hatred—what he called the “internal violence of the spirit.” 

To King, true nonviolence chooses love over hate and maintains that love is the only means by which to change humanity and improve society. 

 

King defined this transformative love as agape: a love that seeks nothing in return; a love that responds to another person’s hateful actions with love. 

Agape was central to King’s philosophy of nonviolence and to the civil rights movement. 

 

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