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Whilst I May Not Actually Help Anyone To Retaliate, I Must Not Let A Coward Seek Shelter Behind Nonviolence So-called. Not Knowing The Stuff Of Which Nonviolence Is Made, Many Have Honestly Believed That Running Away From Danger Every Time Was A Virtue Compared To Offering Resistance, Especially When It Was Fraught With Danger To One's Life. As A Teacher Of Nonviolence I Must, So Far As It Is Possible For Me, Guard Against Such An Unmanly Belief.

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Whilst I May Not Actually Help Anyone To Retaliate, I Must Not Let A Coward Seek Shelter Behind Nonviolence So-called. Not Knowing The Stuff Of Which Nonviolence Is Made, Many Have Honestly Believed That Running Away From Danger Every Time Was A Virtue Compared To Offering Resistance, Especially When It Was Fraught With Danger To One's Life. As A Teacher Of Nonviolence I Must, So Far As It Is Possible For Me, Guard Against Such An Unmanly Belief.

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