"Unless nonviolence of the strong is really..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within the states or in British India.
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“The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.”
“True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world.”
“Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning a livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.”
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“My study of Gandhi convinced me that true pacifism is not nonresistance to evil, but nonviolent resistance to evil. Between the two positions, there is a world of difference. Gandhi resisted evil with as much vigor and power as the violent resister, but True pacifism is not unrealistic submission to evil power. It is rather a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love. . . .”
“History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.”
“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”
More on Civil Disobedience
“Individual civil disobedience was everybody's inherent right, like the right of self-defence in normal life.”
“I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my freedom, in order to show you how deeply I care. Because when you see the depth of my concern, and how civil I am in going about this, you're bound to change your mind about me, to abandon your rigid, unjust position, and to let me help you see the truth of my cause.”
“Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.”