Mahatma [On Hold]

Antidote to the Bomb

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Antidote to the Bomb

     I regard the employment of the atom bomb for the wholesale destruction of men, women and children as the most diabolical use of science.

     "What is the antidote? Has it antiquated non-violence?" No. On the contrary, non-violence is the only thing that is now left in the field. It is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy. I did not move a muscle when I first heard that the atom bomb had wiped out Hiroshima. On the contrary, I said to myself, 'Unless now the world adopts non-violence, it will spell certain suicide for mankind.'

     I have no doubt, that unless big nationsshed their desire of exploitation and the spirit of violence of which war is the natural expression and atom bomb the inevitable consequence, there is no hope for peace in the world. I tried to speak out during the War and wrote  open letters to the British people, to Hitler and to the Japanese and was dubbed a fifth columnist for my pains.

- M. K. Gandhi

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