"I still have unquenchable faith in Civil Disobedience," wrote spindle-shanked Mahatma Gandhi, loinclothed, ascetic patron saint of Indian Independence, a month ago. "But if India ...

India, Jan. 7 -- On January 4, 1932, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested after the Congress Party had decided to resume a civil disobedience movement in the wake of emergency measures imposed by the ...

Both King and Gandhi used peaceful, civil disobedience to achieve their ends. But both were part of political movements. Both were making direct demands on their respective governments, ...

Gandhi Likeness Unveiled by Clinton. 9-Foot Statue Honors Indian Leader Who Inspired U.S. Civil Rights Push. By Bill Broadway. September 16, 2000 at 8:00 p.m. EDT.

The most well-known proponents of civil disobedience — Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. — all took seriously the threat of unrestrained disregard of laws under the ...