People recognize Gandhi as being one of the most prominent influential leaders who practiced non-violent civil disobedience. Gandhi inspired many remarkable leaders like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr with his values and belief in non-violence (Barnabas & Paul). He protested and fought for the independence of India from under Great Britain’s reign. Gandhi urged his people not to fight back, that having a peaceful protest is stronger than violence. He prepared to accept the struggle and
injustices in society. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. , and numerous others have emphasized the meaning of a nonviolent movement. Nonviolence is a civilian-based form of struggle that employs social, economic, and political forms of power without resorting to violence or the threat of violence. This kind of struggle means to determine which laws are just and to disobey unjust laws provided that the disobedience is open and peaceable (“An unjust law is itself a species of violence.”). Gandhi once said: “Nonviolence