Gandhi vs. Mandela

Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi are the most influential men in their home countries, Nelson in South Africa and Gandhi in India. Though they both contributed hugely to their countries independence from Britain, they had very different views on getting their countries that freedom. Nelson Mandela in his early life was a more violence prone advocate, Gandhi on other hand would fast to end the violence his people would find themselves in. Nelson Mandela stood no tolerance for the beating and killing of his people and he figured if they use violence towards them even when Nelson's people weren't violent it's not a bad thing to use violence back if it meant for the better of his people. Even though Gandhi had no tolerance for violence it was more towards his people not using it no matter how much the british do. The strongest person is the one who still holds human characteristics and does not divert to violence as a first reaction to disorder.