unjust law a species violence. Arrest breach so. Now law nonviolence s — Mahatma Gandhi, Non-violence Peace War 1942-49

Mahatma Gandhi Non-violence in Peace War 1942-49

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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment.

Mahatma Gandhi, Non-violence in Peace and War 1942-49

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