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When I was in the 9th grade, my mom forced me to watch a biographical movie about Mahatma Gandhi because she said that it would change my way of thinking and my way of life. At the time, I was mad because I had to watch a movie with my mom, and when it was a movie she liked, she talked through it. After awhile, when I heard the dialogue, I started thinking about all the messages he gave throughout the movie that made sense. "It may seem like rulers will never step down, but throughout history, tyrants are always defeated." Then, I thought about Caesar, Stalin and Hitler, feeling like I had been enlightened. His insightful thoughts and position on non-violence in a way changed my life. His mass civil disobedience against the British in India showed me that you don't always have to fight someone to get what you want. No wonder Martin Luther King used him as inspiration.