if you are going to ask to apply Gandhiji's policy of ahimsa in the world to today then how will you apply it give reasons in support of your answer
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Character of Ahimsa
Nonviolence is the law of the human race and is infinitely greater than and superior to brute force. It affords the fullest protection to one's self-respect and sense of honour, but not always to possession of land or movable property, though its habitual practice does prove a better bulwark than the possession of armed men to defend them. Nonviolent life was an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by the individual, group or a nation.(T-7-321) Nonviolence which is a quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.(T-5-273) It is a quality not of the body but of the soul.(T-4-294) It does not need physical aids for its propagation of effect. (T-4-290) It is an active force of the highest order. It is soul force or the power of the godhead within us.(T-4-290) Nonviolence, in the very nature of things, is of no assistance in the defence of ill-gotten gains and immoral acts. Individuals or nations who would practice nonviolence must be prepared to sacrifice their all except honour. It is, therefore, inconsistent with the possession of other people's countries, i.e., modern imperialism, which is frankly based on force for its defence. It is a power which can be wielded equally by all--children, young men and women or grown-up people, provided they have a living faith in the God of Love and have therefore equal love for all mankind. When nonviolence is accepted as the law of life, it must pervade the whole being and not be applied to isolated acts. It is a profound error to suppose that, whilst the law is good enough for individuals, it is not for masses of mankind. For the way of nonviolence and truth is sharp as the razor's edge. Its practice is more than our daily food. Rightly taken, food sustains the body; rightly practised nonviolence sustains the soul. Self-suppression is often necessary in the interest of truth and nonviolence.(T-4-41) True nonviolence is an impossibility without the possession of unadulterated fearlessness.(T-5-136) Nonviolence requires more than the courage of the soldier of war.(XXV-437) Nonviolence is the virtue of the manly. The coward is innocent of it.(XXV-138) The force of nonviolence is infinitely more wonderful and subtle than the material forces of nature, like electricity.(T-3-11) The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.(T-4-252) For a nonviolent person, the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.(T-5-304)