Turning Enemies Into Friends

The Thread With OZY by OZY

Sep 24, 201831:37Society & Culture

The Indian lawyer and activist Mohandas Gandhi was the first leader to take up the age-old doctrines of love and nonviolence and transform them into tools of political and social resistance. In doing so, he would inspire...

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