They derived the values of their revolutionary thought from their religion.
Step-by-step explanation:
Mahatma Gandhi used the spiritual basis of Hinduism and the Vedanta to formulate his concepts of the Satyagrah and peaceful protest and diplomacy. He used his religion as the basis for his moral and social understanding and then worked those beliefs into the revolution.
Martin Luther King was deeply inspired by the Egalitarian possibility of the teaching of Christ and used the narrations of Sermon on the Mount to propagate his idea of equality.