"Men suffer from oppression,and to save themselves from this oppression,they are advised to invent common

means for the improvement of their situation,to be applied by the authorities, while they themselves continue to submit to them. Obviously,nothing results from it but a strengthening of the power,and consequently the intensification of the oppression." From "The Kingdom of God is Within You" by Leo Tolstoy. A book which helped inspire Gandhi. What, if anything do these words mean to you? Thanks.