Satyagraha

“There can be no Satyagraha in an unjust cause. Satyagraha in a just cause is vain, if the men espousing it are not determined and capable of fighting and suffering to the end; and the slightest use of violence often defeats a just cause. Satyagraha excludes the use of violence in any shape or form, whether in thought, speech, or deed. Given a just cause, capacity for endless suffering and avoidance of violence, victory is a certainty.” 

— M. K. Gandhi (REFERENCE: Young India 27.4.1921.)

Satyagraha (pronounced: Saty-AHH-grAH-ha, emphasis on second and third A) literally means “grasping to Truth.” Gandhi coined this phrase to emphasize that his conception of nonviolence was much more active and much more positive a force than what people thought of as “passive resistance.”