[*"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."*](http://www.quotes.net/quote/8293) [***Mahatma Gandhi »***](http://www.quotes.net/authors/Mahatma%20Gandhi) political and spiritual leader during India’s struggle with Great Britain for home rule; an advocate of passive resistance (1869-1948)