Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King are great examples of fantastic nonviolents who died violently. I can never … - John Lennon

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John Lennon

Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King are great examples of fantastic nonviolents who died violently. I can never work that out. We're pacifists, but I'm not sure what it means when you're such a pacifist that you get shot. I can never understand that.

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