These sentiments laid the intellectual foundations for the Revolutionary concept of American exceptionalism and were closely tied to republicanism, the belief that sovereignty belonged to the people, not to a hereditary ruling class
कारण सत्याग्रह हे शत्रूच्या हृदयपरिवर्तनाचे नैतिक शुद्ध साधन होत, अशी महत्मा गांधीची मूलभूत राजकीय भूमिका होती.