"In exchange for a promise to lift the most onerous legal obligations against [[Indians]], [[Gandhi]] agreed to voluntarily submit to the same registration requirements he had just resisted. He would not accept legalized inferiority— because once it began, once it was in the legal record, where would it end? Some of his supporters were upset, but he argued it was the best deal they could get. In fact, that’s what **he consistently sought throughout his career, deals that made things better, even if only a tiny bit so. [[Gandhi]] was an idealist, a purist . . . he was also an incrementalist**. --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[pragmatism]], [[idealism]], [[leadership]], [[consistency]] **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]