“I have faith that in time to come, India will pit that against the threat of destruction which the world has invited upon itself by the discovery of the atom bomb.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: Attributed to 'Gandhi's Life in His Own Words'; a late reflection on non-violence versus the atom bomb.
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The faith here is that moral force, not more firepower, is the real answer to weapons that can end everything. Meeting the threat of destruction with disciplined non-violence sounds naive until you notice that matching force with force is exactly what built the danger.
When to use it
- A community answers a wave of hate crimes with public vigils instead of retaliation, and the violence loses its fuel.
- Workers facing a hostile boss win more through a calm, united refusal than through sabotage.
- A family caught in a long feud breaks it by refusing to hit back, starving the quarrel of its next round.