I was in Barcelona and listening to Vijay Kumar speak and he referenced a Ghandi quote about the distribution of power - it very much spoke to me - here is the quote that Vijay got from a friend of his:
“Real swaraj (freedom) will come not by the acquisition of authority by a few but by the acquisition of capacity by all."
I could not find this quote anywhere on the web - the quote above may be a paraphrased version of this quote:
"I hope to demonstrate that the real swaraj will come not by the acquisition of
authority by a few, but by the acquisition of the capacity by all to resist
authority, when abused."
Here is a book for the above version of the quote (Thanks John).
While searching around I found this quote which I also liked:
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
Posted by csev at October 7, 2007 07:17 AM