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training. Let those who are ambitious to serve democracy
qualify themselves by satisfying first this acid test of
democracy. A democrat must be utterly selfless. He
must think and dream not in terms of self or party but
only of democracy. Only then does he acquire the right
of Civil Disobedience.
62. Disobedience to be civil must be sincere, respect-
ful, restrained, never defiant; must be based upon some
well understood principle; must not be capricious and
above all, must have no ill-will or hatred behind it.
63. For my movement I do not need believers in
the theory of non-violence, full or imperfect. It is enough
if people carry out the rules of non-violent action.
64. The first indispensable condition precedent to
any Civil Resistance is that there should be surety against
any outbreak of violence whether on the part of those
who are identified with Civil Resistance or on the part of
the general public. It would be no answer in the case of
an outbreak of violence that it was instigated by the State
or other agencies hostile to civil resisters. It should be
obvious that Civil Resistance cannot flourish in an atmos-
phere of violence. This does not mean that the resources
of a satyagrahi have come to an end. Ways other than
Civil Disobedience should be found out.
65. The beauty of Satyagraha, of which non-co-
operation is but a chapter, is that it is available to either
side in a fight; that it has checks that automatically work
for the vindication of truth and justice in preponderating
measure. It is as powerful and faithful a weapon in the
hand of the capitalist as in that of the labourer. It is as
powerful in the hands of the Government as in that of the
people, and will bring victory to the Government, if people
are misguided or unjust, as it will win the battle for the
people if the Government be in the wrong.
66. In Satyagraha it is never the numbers that
count; it is always the quality, more so when the forces
of violence are uppermost.
67. Indeed one PERFECT civil resister is enough to
win the battle of Right against Wrong.