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It is not possible to make a person or society non-violent by…

Quote byMahatma Gandhi · 1869–1948

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Young India (13 September 1928). All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections, compiled and edited by Krishna Kripalani, The Continuum, (2011) p. 34.

English (original)

It is not possible to make a person or society non-violent by compulsion.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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