"The only safe and honorable course for a self-respecting man is to do what I have decided to do, that is, to submit without protest to the penalty of disobedience ... not for want of respect for lawful authority, but in obedience to the higher law of our being, the voice of conscience."
Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who led the movement for Indian independence through nonviolent resistance. His strategy of satyagraha influenced civil rights and freedom movements worldwide.