5 Jallianwala Bagh
Gandhi, Terrorism and Non-Violence
A bad law once passed is not always used against the bad [. . .] In times of panic [used . . .] it may be, by very slight incidents. I have known governments lose their heads. I have known a reign of terror being brought about; I have known the best, the noblest Indians, the highest characters amongst us, brought under suspicion, standing in hourly dread of the visitations of the Criminal Investigation Department [. . .] When Government undertakes a repressive policy, the innocent are not safe. Men like me would not be considered innocent. The innocent then is he who forswears politics, who takes no part in the public movements of the times, who retires into his house, mumbles his prayers, ...
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