It is difficult to see how Gandhi's methods could be applied in a country where opponents of the regime disappear in the middle of the night and are never heard of again. Without a free press and the right of assembly, it is impossible not merely to appeal to outside opinion, but to bring a mass movement into being, or even to make your intentions known to your adversary.

Even after he had completely abjured violence he was honest enough to see that in war it is usually necessary to take sides. He did not - indeed, since his who…

The assumption, which served Gandhi so well in dealing with individuals, that all human beings are more or less approachable and will respond to a generous ges…

Gandhi's attitude was not that of most Western pacifists. Satyagraha, first evolved in South Africa, was a sort of non-violent warfare, a way of defeating the …

An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.

I swear before you; I swear on the God of my parents; I swear on them; I swear on my honor and I swear on my country that I shall not give rest to my arm nor r…

All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable oppression, civil or religious, to leave the society the…