Thread by @ShahinAshraff

#GandhiJayanti
Albert Einstein on Gandhi:
'Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.'

Lord Mountbatten:
'Mahatma Gandhi will go down in history on a par with Buddha and Jesus Christ.'

Abul Kalam Azad:
'Ganhiji carried on his frail shoulders a great deal of burden of humanity and now it was for them to stand together and share it. If millions of Indians could divide that burden and carry it successfully, it would be nothing short of a miracle.'

General Douglas Macarthur, C-in-C, Allied forces in Japan:
'Nothing more revolting has occurred in history of modern world than the senseless assassination of this venerable man. That he should die by violence is one of those bitter anachronisms that seems to refute
all logic.

In the evolution of civilization, if it is to survive, all men can not fail eventually to adopt his belief that the process of mass application of

force to resolve contentious issues is fundamentally not only wrong but contains within itself the germs of self-destruction.
Gandhiji, however, was one of those prophets who lived far ahead of the times'.

M. A. Jinnah:
'I associate myself with the tributes that have been paid to this great man.
His tragic death, however much we may deplore it & however much we may condemn the murderer, was a noble death, for he died in the discharge of his duty.'

Dr Martin Luther King
“If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought, and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore him at our own risk.”

“Gandhi resisted evil with as much vigor and power as the violent resister, but he resisted with love instead of hate. True pacifism is not unrealistic submission to evil power. It is rather a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love.”