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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is quotes 212. And today we have another one by

  • Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi. And let's take a look at the quote here. " Non-violence is

  • the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the

  • mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of

  • man. " All right. We have a few big words here. So let's just cover this to

  • make sure everybody can understand. Non-violence is the greatest force. Force

  • means strength at the disposal all at the disposal of means available to use.

  • This is available. This is one of the options that man could choose or could

  • use. To use. Mighty of course means very powerful. So non-violence is the greatest

  • force at the disposal of mankind.. Mankind meaning all men in general. It is mightier,

  • Mighty, it means very powerful or more powerful or stronger mightier than

  • the mightiest. Then the strongest weapon of destruction devised. Devised of course

  • means to invent a method of doing something or you know. They, they invented

  • bombs of course. By the ingenuity of man. Ingenuity here meaning the ability to

  • solve a problem. All right. Great. Let's continue here. The quote by Gandhi

  • helps to show us one of the best ways to stand up to injustice and evil. This must

  • be used with a firm resistance in one's will and determination. So that's where

  • the strength comes from in this . Even though, you don't become violent. Your

  • will is very, very strong and you stand up to the evil. So you may take a lot of

  • abuse and this case maybe all three actually did. One's will and determination but

  • in a non-violent way.When this is done right. It expresses evil and injustice. When

  • this or it not expresses , it exposes evil and injustice for the world to see. Evil.

  • does not like light to be shine upon it. Because then everybody can see it.

  • Everybody can recognize it and it helps to defang evil. So then evil you know,

  • can't get away with as much as they thought they could get away with before.

  • Well. Let's continue. It seems as though Gandhi took these ideas from Jesus. Of

  • passive resistance. So not fighting you know, not actually getting an army

  • together and fighting against it. In all these cases, if an army was taken upon. It

  • probably would have failed. I mean. So it seems as though Gandhi took these ideas of

  • passive resistance having the deepest and most effective and longest lasting

  • results. Yes. So he took it from Jesus. Martin Luther King later followed the

  • same path of resistance as Gandhi and Jesus. Sadly or unfortunately all three

  • perished. All three died. Or all three might have been killed or assassinated

  • as well. Or sacrifice themselves maybe a, they knew well I think all three of

  • them kind of knew it was coming or the possibility was very strong of it coming.

  • But each one showed the world a path to a goal that had deeper results and their

  • names and deeds their deeds their acts live on to inspire others for the future.

  • So again, if any one of them tried to get like a real army together and you know

  • more violence.. And I think remember I uncovered another quote by Gandhi what

  • " An eye for an eye only leaves the whole world blind . Well you can look that

  • one up, I did probably about four or five other quotes on Gandhi. So if you like

  • this one you can go back and check those as well. Anyway I hope you got it. I hope hope

  • it's clear I hope it was food for thought. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

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