"My study of Gandhi convinced me that..." - Quote by Martin Luther King Jr
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. . . .
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“The torch of liberty is hot; warms those who hold it high; burns those who try to extinguish it.”