Question

Which quotation from the essay best supports Gandhi's belief that passive resistance is better than violence?

"I mildly protested and told him I would pay him the authorised fare.... I simply told him he would have to pull me out of the ghari or call the policeman."


"But I think that the time has come when I should invite the press and the public to join in a crusade against a grievance which has too long remained unredressed, though much of it is capable of redress without great difficulty."


"A free fight was, at one time, avoided only by the intervention of some of the older passengers who did not want to add to the discomfort by an exhibition of temper."


"Many of them used choice expressions as to the quality but were satisfied to state that they were helpless in the matter; they had to take things as they came."

Answer 1

Either the Fourth or The Second seems like it would work for me

Answer 2

paragraph 3

Step-by-step explanation:

The number one says that he is willing to "pay the price" wich can be interpreted as he was ready to do whatever it takes to complete his goals, violence included.

The number two says that he was about to invite others to join the "crusade against a grievance" wich may lead those others to interpreted his calling as if it was a call to war or a violent revolution.

The number four doesn't lead to violence directly, but the number three is much more explicit while saying that a fight that was about to happen was successfully stoped by the older passengers, making it clear that his "fight" wasn't violent. So the answer should be number three.