Indeed, Gandhi can sound frighteningly unrealistic: “The willing sacrifice of the innocent is the most powerful answer to insolent tyranny that has yet been conceived by God or man. Disobedience, to be ‘civil,’ must be sincere, respectful, restrained, never defiant, and it must have no ill will or hatred behind it.
A vrai dire, Gandhi semble parfois irréaliste de manière inquiétante : « Le sacrifice volontaire de l’innocent est la réponse la forte conçue à ce jour par l’homme ou Dieu à la tyrannie insolente.