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... Gandhi had a lot of followers, but they were abused and got hurt, whenever Gandhi tried to speak. Refusing to pay taxes the people had their possessions confiscated and some were driven off their land, but they remained nonviolent. It lasted several months, and hundreds were arrested. Gandhi went to jail a lot of times but he never gave up. Gandhi explains that Satyagraha is not a method of the weak, but "a weapon of the strong and excludes the use of violence in any shape or form." Satyagraha is insisting on the truth and can be offered in relation to one's family, rulers, fellow citizens, or even the whole world. Gandhi elucidates three necessary conditions for its success: 1) The Satyagrahi should not have any hatred in his heart against the opponent. 2) The issue must be true and substantial. 3) The Satyagrahi must be prepared to suffer till the end for his cause. In this diatribe against the corruption of Western civilization Gandhi suggests that India can gain its independence by nonviolent means and self-reliance. Gandhi continued to preach a nonviolent revolution for India, and in 1942 he and other leaders were arrested. He decided to fast again; he barely survived. When the war ended he asserted the need for "a real peace based on the freedom and equality of all races and nations." In his last years he became more of a socialist. He said, "Violence is bred by inequality, nonviolence by equality." Gandhi also did not fight over which religion was right and should be taught. Gandhi prayed for unity and tolerance, and he even read from the Quran at his prayer meetings. Hindus attacked him because they thought he was partial to Muslims, and Muslims demanded he let them have P...