Churchill and Hitler are striving to change the nature of their respective
countrymen by forcing and hammering violent methods on them. Man
may be suppressed in this manner but he cannot be changed. Ahimsa
[non-violence in the Hindu tradition], on the other hand, can change
human nature and sooner than men like Churchill and Hitler.
-- Mohandas K. Gandhi,
-- speaking at a Sevagram prayer meeting, October 22, 1941
countrymen by forcing and hammering violent methods on them. Man
may be suppressed in this manner but he cannot be changed. Ahimsa
[non-violence in the Hindu tradition], on the other hand, can change
human nature and sooner than men like Churchill and Hitler.
-- Mohandas K. Gandhi,
-- speaking at a Sevagram prayer meeting, October 22, 1941
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