Non-Violent
Resistance (Satyagraha).
WHAT SATYAGRAHA IS
"So
long as the superstition that men should obey unjust laws
exists, so long will their slavery exist. And a passive
resister alone can remove such a superstition."1a
HEGEL
RAWLS
GUEVARA
AYOUB
DISCIPLINE FOR SATYAGRAHA
"The word Satya
(Truth) is derived from Sat, which means "being".
Nothing is or exists in reality except Truth. That
is why Sat or Truth is perhaps the most important name of
God."1b*
HEGEL
GUEVARA
SOROS
NON-CO-OPERATION AND CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE
"Europe is no better for
Germany's fall. The Allies have proved themselves to be
just as deceitful, cruel, greedy and
selfish as Germany was or would have been."1c
POPPER
"I know that
withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest
methods of overthrowing a government. I am equally sure
that we have not yet evolved that degree of strength and
discipline which are necessary for conducting a
successful campaign of non-payment of taxes. . . Non-payment of
taxes without the necessary discipline will be an act of
unpardonable madness."1d
THUCYDIDES
"Civil non-payment
of taxes is indeed the last stage in non-co-operation.
We must not resort to it till we have tried the other forms of
civil disobedience."1e
"
. . . [I]f
customers of money-lenders ceased to borrow
and the latter starved, the former cannot be regarded as violent
by reason of their withdrawal."1f
KEYNES
SATYAGRAHA IN SOCIAL
REFORM
"The rich,
moneyed man who made his riches by
exploitation or
other questionable means, was no less guilty of robbery
than the thief who picked a pocket or broke into a house and
committed theft. Only the former
took refuge behind the
facade of respectability and escaped the penalty of law."1g
MARX
PASTEUR
CARNEGIE
POINCARÉ
SCHUMPETER
GHANDI
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