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Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948

By its very nature, non-violence cannot ‘seize’ power, nor can that be its goal. But non-violence can do more; it can effectively control and guide power without capturing the machinery of government. That is its beauty.

Mahatma Gandhi on power

Young India (Feb. 7, 1931) p. 162

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