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Mahatma Gandhi1869–1948

Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

Mahatma Gandhi on war and peace

Harijan, 5 July 1947, in The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol. 87, p. 390.

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