Answer to Question #267383 in History for Kelsey Jand

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But I believe that non-violence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.  Forgiveness adornes a soldier.  But abstinence (from violence) is forgiveness only when there is the power to punish; it is meaningless when it pretends to proceed from a helpless creature.  A mouse hardly forgives a cat when it allows itself to be torn to pieces by her. 

Answer 1

Gandhi believes that integrity and nonviolence are two sides of a coin, and that ahimsa is the means to the end of truth. He was a strong proponent of peace and thought that the truth and nonviolence were the only ways to achieve peace and solve conflicts.