Mohandas K. Gandhi was a law student, born and raised in India, but schooled in England. Early on in his career he returned to his birthplace and attempted to practice law there, but he was very unsuccessful. A few years later he moved to South Africa, and again attempted to set up a law practice there. But South Africa was now in British control and the Indian lawyer was subjected to a lot of racial prejudice. Almost immediately he was abused because of his heritage and his law practice went down the drain. Gandhi began to notice the awful discriminations that all Indians suffered from. In 1894 he began a movement that would shape the way that Indians are viewed even today. He began to take charge; he began to lead his people.

When we look back on these two men, Gandhi will forever be known as one of the greatest men who ever lived, while Hitler is what people think the devil would be like. Both of these men had great amounts of power, but each used it differently; one for good, one for evil. It's obvious who came out on top.

Hitler and Gandhi both had many devices set up to help them not only gain power, but once in power, to keep their power. Hitler chose to scare the masses into following him, while Gandhi chose the less violent, but harder way to go, using only his two most lethal non-violent methods; love and truth. Gandhi loved everyone and everyone was forgiven. Both of these leaders accomplished their goals as well. Hitler accomplished not only killing 6 million Jews, but he also tore apart Europe and especially Germany. And while Hitler was out running his concentration camps, Gandhi fulfilled his dream of having a separate, free India. He single-handedly freed 315 million Indians, Muslims, and Hindus from British control.

Hitler's ego, greed, and self-centeredness caused him to abuse his great deal of power. He took advantage of what he had, which was a great many people who worshipped and followed his every move. After World War I, the Treaty of Versailles didn't allow the Germans much breathing room when it came to the military, but by the 1940s, the Germans were not being watched as closely and Hitler was little by little allowed to rebuild his army. At this time he instigated the "Hitler Youth Program" which was a compulsory program for all youth of Germany which was run by the schools and government powers. Every youth over the age of thirteen was forced to join. He introduced his idea of "Blitzkreig" which was a five-step process to take over the world. Within a few years he had most of Europe and some of Asia under his control. His use of brute, "naked force" is what gave Germany the edge they needed to begin on the road to world domination. Hitler cared so little for his people that he would sacrifice thousands of them to get what he wanted. He had power, and he abused it as much as he could. Thus began Hitler's biggest attempt at abusing his power. Thus began the Holocaust.

Gandhi had a diametrically opposite approach to attaining his goals. First, he did not believe in using violence to get what he wanted. He felt that "Suffering in one's own person is ... the essence of non-violence and

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