 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
It ( = Non-violent resistance) certainly has an important sphere; as against the British in India, Gandhi led it to triumph. But it depends upon the existence of certain virtues in those against whom it is employed. When Indians lay down on railways, and challenged the authorities to crush them under trains, the British found such cruelty intolerable. But the Nazis had no scruples in analogous situations.
Source: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.2 chap. 5: Later Years of Telegraph House, 1968]
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Humanity sometimes goes insane and commits heinous crimes. All citizens like to think that their country has never done such things, or that they should have committed them only in exceptional cases. However, most countries have committed such acts in the past, but they are hidden from public view as much as possible.
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