Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Gandhi and MLK


The quote from Mahatma Gandhi, “an ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching,” helps him encourage his fellow citizens from the developing country, India, to make something to improve it.  India had been dramatically changed by colonialism and further more it had created internal pressures whether to continue industrialization or to go back to agrarian methods which brought about problems within different religions in India.  Martin Luther King Jr. had a quote, “our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”  His intention was obviously to help inspire people to create a desegregated and equal nation.  Its goal was to help change people and to motivate people to speak about, and act upon bad actions to help improve society overall.  Both of these quotes by Gandhi and MLK both aim to improve society and motivate people to do something good and stand up for what is right. 

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