Examples Of Nonviolence

Throughout history, there have been many influential people that have been fighting to change the way of the people. Some have many different reasons to why one would want to see a change in the world or in their own country. For example, one may use their knowledge and the power of their speech to influence the government to fix the way of things. Some may also take it upon their selves to get their voices heard when no one hears them out. However, each person has their own way to alter the people and the whole country, resulting in different of opinions. One person, in their own country, may use nonviolence as their method to get the people in charge to pay more attention to what they want. On the other hand, one person may use subtle violence
Gandhi lived by his famous quote, "Be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi wanted to have his people rise to the occasion to create a change that they wanted. His people were suppressed by the British rule and he wanted them to use nonviolence in order to fight back. Gandhi wanted the Indians to take back what was once theirs. He wanted them to resume control over their products and of their once previously held jobs. Similar to what Gandhi wanted, Malcolm X wanted to achieve the same goal for his people. He wanted to achieve racial equality, instead of segregation. Malcolm X did not want separated by equal by full equality. He wanted to see the change over the segregation of jobs, schools, and in public places. Gandhi wanted the Indians to take control back from the British while Malcolm X wanted the blacks to be equal to others. The Indians were once free from the control of the British, however, they took control over them and started enforcing strict rules. Gandhi wanted his people to rise to the occasion and fight back to revert back to their original position. However, Malcolm X wanted something completely different. He wanted there to be no segregation among races. He wanted to accomplish his goals of racial equality. Unfortunately, their accomplishments that they made then did not become an importance until after their