The Great Soul

Most of today's
heroes
like Batman, Zena and others are all fighters or warriors, but Mahutma Gandhi ended the British rule over his country, India, without striking a single blow. Instead he used the principle of non-violence and civil disobedience.

'An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.'

Gandhi believed that the best way to gain respect and honour from the British government, was to do it with gentleness and respect.

Proverbs 15 verse 1: A gentle answer quiets anger, but a harsh one stirs it up.

'Non-violence is a weapon for the brave.'

So instead of violence, Gandhi
led campaigns and marches against the injust laws he wanted changed.
In1906, Gandhi
declared he would go to jail or even die before he would obey an anti-Asian law. Thousands of Indians joined him.
In 1920 he launched a non-cooperation campaign against Britain
pleading the Indians to spin their own cotton and to protest against British goods, courts and......

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