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THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS

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“The government of the day has passed a law which is applicable to me. I do not like it. If by using violence, I force the government to repeal the law, I am employing what may be termed body-force. If I do not obey the law, and accept the penalty for its breach, I use soul-force. It involves sacrifice of self.”The author and subject of this passage are most likely ____
A
Léopold Senghor describing the négritude movement
B
Theodor Herzl describing the Zionist movement.
C
Mao Zedong describing the Long March.
D
Mohandas Gandhi describing civil disobedience.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -If by using violence I force the Government to repeal the law, I am employing what may be termed body-force. If I do not obey the law and accept the penalty for its breach, I use soul-force. It involves sacrifice of self. Everybody admits that sacrifice of self is infinitely superior to sacrifice of others.

Detailed explanation-2: -Satyagraha Explained-VII “So long as the superstition that men should obey unjust laws exists, so long will their slavery exist. And a passive resister alone can remove such a superstition."

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Gandhi, passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering which is the opposite of resistance by arms. Passive resistance is using the soul-force and is superior to the force of arm.

Detailed explanation-4: -Description: According to Gandhi, soul force, or the use of the permanent and superior nature of the soul, is infinitely superior to physical force when attempting to redress a wrong. The Sanskrit term literally implies insistence on truth.

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