The Fight for Freedom in India One of the most inspiring and influential men of the twentieth century, Mohandas Gandhi, is a prime example of Thoreau’s theory of civil disobedience. Not only did Gandhi almost single-handedly free India and its five hundred million people from their long subjection to the British Empire, but also he did so without raising an army, without firing a gun or taking a hostage, and without ever holding a …showed first 75 words of 864 total…

…showed last 75 words of 864 total…road for others to fight non-violently for ethical reforms. Works Cited Berlin, Loepa. “Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948)” http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/8520/gand_eng.html (21 January 1998) Collins, Larry and Lapierre, Dominique. “Freedom At Midnight”. Ed. Simon and Schuster, New York 1975. Keirsey, David. “An Idealist – Mohandas Gandhi?” http://www.kirsey.com/gandhi.html (30 July 1997) Thoreau, Henry David. “Civil Disobedience.” Reading, Writing, and The Humanities. Ed. Joray McCuen and Anthony C. Winkler. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanich, 1991. 214-225.