And so the South African passive resisters in their thousands were ready to die rather than sell their honour for a little personal ease.
It was, therefore, most proper for the passive resisters of South Africa to have resisted the evil that the Union Government sought to do to them.
When it has failed, it has done so because the resisters were not sufficiently committed to their purpose to carry it out in the face of possible death.
The decision of the resisters to use non-violent means of opposition to gain their ends may be based either upon principle or upon expediency.
It must be recognized that in most cases such as those we have been considering, violence would be used by the resistersif they had it at their disposal.
The Passive Resisters are likely to come to the front if Mr. Gandhi, the great Hindu Passive Resister, undertakes to organise them.
Neither was the Negro represented in that class known as draftresisters or draft evaders.
The resisters were all poor whites led by professional agitators.
Good and honest resisters of the light, which was freely poured around them!
But the resisters having success in providence, may come to the possession of the power, by expelling the just occupant; and, by this opinion, that possession would be ground for the duty of subjection for conscience sake.
The Insurance-Law Resisters are organized to nullify the act.
At a meeting at Albert Hall the Resisters were addressed by a duchess who was "supported by a man-servant.
Illustration: "I should like the suffragettes to marry the passive resisters and go away for a long honeymoon.
After a great deal of experience, it seems to me that those who want to become passive resisters for the service of the country have to observe perfect chastity, adopt poverty, follow truth, and cultivate fearlessness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "resisters" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
