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Freedom was not nor ever will be won with words. Freedom is won from the barrell of a gun. words only have power when they are from someone ready to use actio
by maeon3 15y ago
Freedom was not nor ever will be won with words. Freedom is won from the barrell of a gun. words only have power when they are from someone ready to use action if they have no effect.
- danramteke 15y agoAnd sometimes freedom is won by marching for salt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March
- TruthElixirX 15y agoNo, not really. The establishment embraced Ghandi to take the wind out of the more radical violent movements. The same way the NAACP was embraced over the Black Panther Party. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_movement_for_Indian_independence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_movement_for_Ind...
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- idonthack 15y agoThe peaceful independence movement in India was only able to achieve victory because it was an alternative to violent revolution advocated by other factions. The British recognized that continuing to resist the peaceful revolution would result in a violent revolution. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hx-G1uhRqA#t=54m http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hx-G1uhRqA#t=54m