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“What else was the vaunted British sense of fair play but a manifestation of our morality? Gandhi and Das's genius was that they realised that better than we did ourselves. They recognised that when it came down to it, the British and the Indians weren't that different, and the way to beat us was to appeal to our better natures — to make us comprehend the moral incongruity of our position in India.”

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Book:Smoke and Ashes

Source: Smoke and Ashes

“We could only control India through force of arms, but force was useless against a people who didn’t fight back; because you couldn’t kill people like that without killing a part of yourself too.”

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Book:Smoke and Ashes

Source: Smoke and Ashes

“I hated this new breed of pacifist Indian revolutionary. So often they acted like we were all just good friends who happened to disagree about something, and that once the issue was resolved – obviously in their favour – we’d go back to taking tea and being the best of chums. It made punching them in the face morally difficult.”

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Book:Smoke and Ashes

Source: Smoke and Ashes

“I am making a clear and strong stand against the abuse and misuse of terrorism laws to malign direct action protest.”

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Author:Charlotte Church

“As he’d said, the purpose of non-violent non-cooperation was to provoke a reaction, and it was more likely he’d be plotting his next move before he’d even had breakfast.”

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Book:Smoke and Ashes

Source: Smoke and Ashes

“Children holding hands, walking with the wind. That is America to me- not just the movement for civil rights, but the endless struggle to respond with decency, dignity, and a sense of brotherhood to all the challenges that face us as a nation, as a whole.”

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Author:John Lewis

“it goes without saying that bringing police horses to a disabled-led peaceful protest was a needless display of force”

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Author:Hannah Sharland