Thursday, March 19, 2009

War and Children - Quote

"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children." - Mahatma Gandhi

What does Gandhi mean?

What do you think?

27 comments:

  1. I think that Gandhi means that, if you want to teach a message, start with the children.

    I agree with this, because children are the future. If you want your message to live on forever, teach it to children.

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  2. I think he means that if peace is introduced to the next generation, peace will blossom.

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  3. Ghandi means that if we want the world to have peace we have to teach our kids to love. It is true.

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  4. I think he means that if we want the future to be peaceful, you must teach the future.

    This is a brilliant quote and i totally agree with it.

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  5. he means we need to teach the kids so the future is good

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  6. I think he's saying that if anything will stick to someone's mind it will be easier to teach them as children.

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  8. What I believe Gandhi is saying is that children are the future. The children are the ones who are going to be in control of the future. If you want to affect the future, you have to affect the people who are going to be the future. So if you want peace in the future, you have to teach the children peace.

    I agree with this statement because the adults who know peace aren't always going to be there. The children they taught can teach this and teach others as well.

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  9. I think that what Ghandi meant is that one day the children of today will rule the world and control our future as well as our fate. We need to instill peace into the minds of our children to have peace when the next generation takes over.

    I agree with this quote because if the children are taught well through each generation, we will have eternal peace.

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  10. I think that Ghandi says that we have to start with the children because the children of today will be the leaders of the future. If we teach the children peace, they will forever have that peace when they are older.

    I think that this is a great quote that speaks of change in the future. The children are our next generation so in order for our message to live on, we need to pass it on to the chilren.

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  11. I think Ghandi means that the world has passed through the current generation and the next generation is the one that needs to learn how to be peaceful and make the world better. that generation is the children. its in there hands and they need to be taught how to take care of wars and make peace.

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  12. i think that this means that we have have to teach kids that war is bad because they are our future.

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  13. I think that Ghandi means that if we want peace in the future we need to teach it to our children because they are the leaders of the future.

    I agree with this quote because if the children are taught peace we will have peace in the future.

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  14. i think that what Ghandi means is that children learn from what we teach them, so if we teach them to be peaceful, there could be peace in the future.

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  15. Finally!!! This better be worth all this messing with gmail and whatnot:/

    Okay, I think that Gandhi was right on with his thinking. Children are the ones who can still change and who are still open to new ideas. His mentality towards kids being the way of the future is what many humanitarians have pursued. Greg Mortenson, the man who wrote"Three Cups of Tea" believed that if you educate children, they are less likely to join the military. This is because they would be pursuing their own dreams instead

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  16. he means that we must teach our kids to love to get peace. to bad it will never happen because not every one wants peace, and it is human nature for war and violence.

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  17. i think that this means that we have have to teach kids that war is bad because they are our future.

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  18. I think that Gandhi meant that to have a lesson live on it needs to be taught to the younger generation so it is not forgotten.

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  19. I think he means, that if you instill a sense of peace in the next generation, then it will live on forever.

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  20. I think that Gandhi was trying to say that in order to stop war we must have a war with our children in order to instill non-violence in them.

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  21. I think that Ghandi means that if we want peace in the future we need to teach it to our children because they are the leaders of the future.

    I agree with this quote because if the children are taught peace we will have peace in the future.

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  22. I think that Ghandi meant teach your kids and children about peace and they will tell there kids and there shall not be war if everybody believes in peace.

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  23. i think that this means that we have have to teach kids that war is bad because they are our future.

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  24. I think that Ghandi means that if you want peace then always start with the kids because they are the future.

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  25. Ghandi means that to have peace we have to start with children.
    i agree

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  26. Mahatma Gandhi himself was a philosopher for peace. He understood the values to overcome violence. He led a non-violent protest for two years, to rid India from English rule. He led a true peace-revolution. People say that wee needed the American revolution, but Gandhi and the Indian's recived freedom without violence and war.

    Gandhi wants people to understand the children are the future of the world. We need to teach our children. As Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young said: "Teach, your children well
    Their father's hell
    Did slowly go by
    And feed them on your dreams."

    We need to teach peace. Instead of teaching all the violent things we've done, we should teach the ways we've overcome the violence in a peaceful manner.

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  27. "If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children." - Mahatma Gandhi

    Children are gonna be the new adults of this world. Life will go on and on, like a circle. So the only way to effect this 'circle' is to tamper and teach the new 'ring' of the 'circle' which is the children. Once we do that, then when our time has come then the 'children' of our generation will be older and teach the children of the generation, and on and on. The 'circle' can be effected by not one single person, but by a whole group of people. I can change the world alone, and neither can you, but if ever one gets together and teach the children by example, then the 'circle' can be changed for ever. This is what I think he means.

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