Wednesday, October 15, 2003

*Ø* Blogmanac October 15, 1940 | Gandhi: Civil disobedience in wartime acceptable

What we should aim at is the creation of people power, which is opposed to the power of violence and is different from the coercive power of state.
Vinoba Bhave (September 11, 1895 - November 15, 1982) the first Satyagrahi in Mahatma Gandhi’s Anti-War Individual Satyagraha movement, October 15, 1940

A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.
Vinoba Bhave

1940 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Indian leader and proponent of civil disobedience, sanctioned individual civil disobedience in wartime. He started the Anti-War Individual Satyagraha movement with Vinoba Bhave (September 11, 1895 - November 15, 1982) as the first Satyagrahi.

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