... People like Nelson Mandela, Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. ...
Another who I deem as heroic is Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi. Gandhi swept our world with change and showed us a glimpse of a better world. Gandhi is proof that one can have a fight without violence. Gandhi inflicted change with humanity, tolerance and ideas. Gandhi was an educated man born in India in 1869. Gandhi ventured to South Africa, where he was pushed off a train for refusing to give his seat to a white man. ... Through the Indian practice of non-violence Gandhi held, Britain eventually considered violence useless and left India. Gandhi became an international symbol of free India. Gandhi led a life of prayer, fasting and meditation. ... Gandhi wore a loin cloth and a shawl, like lower class Indians. ... Gandhi became known internationally as Mahatma which means “great-soul” in Sanskrit. Gandhi is a hero to me because he influenced great change through passive resistance. ... Gandhi’s actions have been accredited to have influenced great men like Martin Luther King Jr. Gandhi’s philosophy of peaceful resistance and peaceful protest, are the root of organizations such as Green Peace. ... Mahatma Gandhi is the epitome of human greatness. ... King, like Gandhi and Mandela, was an educated man, who obtained a doctorate in theology. ... In 1959, King visited India to study the ways of Mahatma Gandhi. He studied Gandhi’s principle of nonviolent persuasion called Satyagraha. ... , Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, we all have the ability to provoke and inspire change. ... Mahatma Gandhi once said that, “You must be the change you wish to see in our world,” and I think if we all want to see good and see great change, we must be good and do great change.
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