"An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment."

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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.

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