Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.
Gandhi, Mahatma. The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1958-1994.
Note that Mormon doctrine requires that peace be offered 3 times before even a righteous war is begun. Under this doctrine, preemptive war would not be permissible, but diplomacy must be tried first and that by offering genuine peace. It is hard to apply this doctrine to the War on Terror, where there is no “other side” to negotiate with and the dispute is existential for democracy and freedom. The parenthetical references are to Mormon Scripture.
Many radicals of the day argued that violence was a legitimate form of protest and self defense. Goldman urged then not to advocate violence because under the then existing law and practical considerations, that gave the law enforcement authorities the tools to persecute the dissidents.
The South Americans did not have the training or the military traditions of warfare, not did they have an officer and noncommissioned officer corps that the then superpowers of the world like England and Spain had. Nonetheless, his amazing success against the disciplined Spanish ships made him a hero of the South American revolutionists and his English countrymen alike. He had been forced out of the English navy amid scandal, and after his victories in South America against the hated Spanish, he was brought back to the English navy as a hero and given charge of all the Western English forces. Part of his brilliance was that he developed naval tactics that suited the personalities and norms of the South Americans who did not have the discipline and training of the English or Spanish Navy.
This appears to be the first American utterance of a longstanding doctrine of foreign policy.
She was responding to the moderator who introduced her stating that perhaps she would become the first President of the new Iraq government. Her response was given with a smile and she was half joking and half serious. See {618434}.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.
