Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
I cannot think of permanent enmity between man and man.
Gandhi, Mahatma. Harijan, Navajivan Publishing House, 5 Apr. 1942, p. 109.
FDR was hated by conservatives to a degree that no President in modern history was or would be until Bill Clinton served in that role. Both men were amazingly successful with their programs and administration of the government.
Spinoza was one of the most feared intellectuals in human history—feared, that is, by the established power structures. Spinoza’s ideas were considered so radical and dangerous that he was the only man in history who was excommunicated by the Catholics, the Jews and the Muslims.
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.