“The proper way to view the present outburst of violence in the world is to recognize that the technique of unconquerable non-violence of the strong has not been at all fully discovered as yet.” ~ Gandhi, Mind of Mahatma Gandhi, p. 147

Gandhi made this statement close to the end of his life, in 1948. The “outburst” has gotten worse, while the discovery of the only sovereign remedy, nonviolence, has still to be “fully discovered.” However, we have not stood still there, either.  Nonviolence is more frequent—of late, more the “technique of choice” than violence for freedom struggles—and better understood. We have every reason to take heart, and continue.

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