Mahatma Gandhi · Politics
Gandhi’s most powerful weapon was the deliberate, public, nonviolent breaking of unjust laws - and the cheerful acceptance of the punishment - by which masses of ordinary people withdrew their cooperation and made an empire ungovernable.
You learned that civil disobedience means openly breaking an unjust law and willingly accepting the penalty. Explain in your own words why the willingness to accept punishment is essential to what makes it civil .
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