Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.
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Gandhi Ii
Announcer: next week on u62...
Announcer: hes back
Announcer: and this time
Announcer: hes mad
Announcer: gandhi ii
Announcer: no more mister passive resistance
Announcer: hes out to kick some butt
Announcer: this is one bad mother you dont
Gandhi : dont move, slimeball
Announcer: hes a one man recking crew
Announcer: but he also knows how to party
Gandhi : gimme a steak, medium rare
Gangster : hey, baldy!
Announcer: there is only one law
Announcer: his law
Announcer: gandhi ii
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Agression pleases woman
She resisted my desire;
I overcame her resistance.
She resisted my kissing;
I overcame her resistance.
She resisted my stripping;
I overcame her resistance.
Overcoming resistance
Is some sort of mild violence.
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

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It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree.
quote by James Weldon Johnson

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Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence, they must be passive creatures. It's just not true. In one important way, at least, men are the passive sex. Given a choice, they will always opt for the status quo. They hate change of any kind, and they fight against it constantly. On the other hand, what women want is stability, which when you stop to think about it is a very different animal.
quote by Eric Lustbader

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Give Into Hate
Violence surrounds me
Violence in society
Violence in our eyes
Violence in their cries
Violence it's our fate?
Violence, it's too late?
Violence, no escape?
Violence, give into hate?
Is it human nature to act like animals?
We're all guilty, we're all criminals
Selfish species headed for a self destruction
Violent product of moral corruption
Violence for love
Violence because of hate
Violence, revolution
Violence of the state
Violence, you will find
Violence, it grips your mind
Violence, it's too late?
Violence, give into hate
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My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
quote by Mohandas Gandhi

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God's Kingdom
PART 1
[INSPIRED BY LEO TOLSTOY]
More than a hundred years gone
since a thought by this great man
to put an end to man's kingdom
to be a part of god's kingdom
A kingdom which need not bind
bind itself to a boundary
a kingdom which need not safeguard
guarding men need not war over a boundary
a nation without a boundary
a nation which would'nt war for a boundary
would'nt be a man's kingdom
yes...truely a god's kingdom
how do you curb atrocities without a war
India did it fifty years back without a war
Mahatma's ahimsa was an offshoot of Tolstoy's passive resistance
Tolstoy was Gandhi's inspiration
poem by Samanyan Lakshminarayanan

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The question is no longer between violence and non-violence it is between non-violence and non-existence.
quote by Martin Luther King

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Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
quote by Mahatma Gandhi

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Non-violence is the article of faith.
quote by Mohandas Gandhi

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Poverty is the worst form of violence.
quote by Mohandas Gandhi

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Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
quote by Mohandas Gandhi

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King
KING
' Martin Luther King
and that he was
a man of great moral
a leader because he led by example
KING
what makes a man a king
his determination to lead his people
his commitment, his drive
KING
a father
a husband
a friend
a Leader
For whom left his mark as KING
Man of the century to many who knew his pain
his struggle
Name another man who put his life in the teeth if death for a cause more than King
and for that same reason,
That Farther, Husband, Friend and Leader
Remains most of all
KING'
By: Kottrell Johnson
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Self Empowerment
Peace within, peace without,
Or be tossed about by
War within, war without.
Enter the island within.
Reflect, thus a new journey begins,
Follow the path Gandhi speaks,
Unalloyed, total, complete,
Love will blossom and violence retreat.
02.10.08
NON VIOLENCE DAY
Mamta Agarwal
poem by Mamta Agarwal

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Commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down.
quote by David McNally

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The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
quote by Mohandas Gandhi

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Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
quote by Mohandas Gandhi

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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
quote by Mohandas Gandhi

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Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.
quote by Mahatma Gandhi

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Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
quote by Mahatma Gandhi

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