Dbq On Gandhi's Nonviolent Actions

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Gandhi and His Nonviolent Efforts

Gandhi made non-violence work he fought with his words and not his actions and brought India’s injustice to a front. This way of protesting is called maintaining discipline, a way to confront inequality without using brutal force. Gandhi believed that using violence was wrong and unjust, for example he held peaceful protests that worked solely because they were not violent and showed the corruption through words and peaceful actions. When facing violence, Gandhi resisted with words and used the power of wisdom to fight the cruelty, in fact he wrote newspapers that informed others of what was going on instead of being aggressive. In Document G, Gandhi says “You must not use any violence under any circumstances.

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