"It does not keep the country free, it does not settle the west it does not educate the character inherent in the American people and it would have done somewhat more if the government didn 't get in its way".Henry David Thoreau once said he was a pacifist who felt oppressed because they wanted him to pay taxes and he didn 't want to be involved in government. He believed that citizens can better themselves their politics and their society. He wanted peacefulness and to make change because everyone was created equal and had the same rights. He was the kind of people to love nature he preferred to live in there he just wanted to feel free that 's why he was a hippie. "Where is love there is life", Mahatma Gandhi was another pacifist he was the leader of the Indian independence against the British rule he was assassinated January 30. He …show more content…
In other accounts, such as one prepared by an eyewitness journalist, Gandhi was carried into the Birla House, into a bedroom. There he died about 30 minutes later as one of Gandhi 's family members read verses from Hindu scriptures. "That day had come about trough the unimaginable sacrifices of thousands of my people whose suffering and courage can never be counted or repaid",Nelson Mandela once said he was a philanthropist who served as president in South Africa. He joined the African national congress a program that was for African Americans where he fought for racism then he became the president many of the whites were the ones privileged so he was an African American and he was one of the many discriminated. He then served in prison and also contributed for the human immune deficiency virus through charitable all his life he contributed to many good causes but many didn 't like him they thought he was a terrorist. He helped bring an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate for human rights he fought for African American rights. These three men made good movements for the world and their people they contributed in so many