Non-resistance

As he quotes Daniel Defoe, writing in 1710: "Passive obedience, Non-resistance, and the Divine right of hereditary succession are inconsistent with the rights of the British nation", something of which it would seem our rulers are still uncomfortably aware.

Violent London: 2,000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts by Clive Bloom – review Nicholas Lezard 2010

Non-resistance betokens perfect willingness to act.

Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals

From Tolstoy's Non-resistance to Marx's Proletariat Dictatorship, from Darwin's Evolution to Kropotkin's Mutual Aid, and from Nietzsche's Superman to Mme. Sanger's Birth Control, every seed of the new doctrines of the West finds a fertile soil in the mind of the Chinese youth and blooms to its fullest extent.

Prospect of Cultural Relations Between China and Canada 1930

Non-resistance to evil is the negation of life, and the negation of life is the negation of faith.

The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow Upton Sinclair 1923

Non-resistance, it was argued by Sherlock, applied to government in general; and the oath, as a passage in the _Convocation Book_ of Overall seemed to suggest, might be taken not less to a _de facto_ monarch than to one _de jure_.

Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham Harold Joseph Laski 1921

Non-resistance to violence is an important tenet and an extensive use is made of excommunication.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Non-resistance is for the non-constructive man, for the hermit in the cave and the naked saint in the dust; the builder and maker with the first stroke of his foundation spade uses force and opens war against the anti-builder.

First and Last Things 1906

Non-resistance never appealed to me except in the evildoer who has been knocked down for cause.

The Making of an American Riis, Jacob A 1901

"Non-resistance" may be saintly, but it would make it impossible to help the weak or protect the helpless from cruelty and outrage.

The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia 1900

"Non-resistance" may be holy, but it encourages tyranny and makes easy the way of the wrongdoer.

The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia 1900