Contrasting Leadership Styles: Gandhi vs. Robespierre

Two very important revolutionary leaders attempted to fundamentally change the social and governing structure of their nations. Both men have many similarities and differences. These men are Mahatmas Gandhi and Maximillien Robespierre. Gandhi and Maximilien had the same goals however they encountered many differences.
Mohandas or “Mahatma” Gandhi was born on October 2nd of 1869 in Gujarat, India. He was very determined to do whatever he could to make when he lived a better place even if it were going to cost him his life. In fact, Gandhi had studied in London to be a lawyer and succeeded. Gandhi was a very civilized man in many ways. He was also sure not to let anyone get in the way of what he believed even after all the times he was put down for doing what he thought was the right thing. On January 30th of 1948, New Delhi, India he was assassinated by Nathuram Vinayak Godse who happened to be a nationalist activist also a Hindu from India. When he encountered Gandhi he shot him point-blank in the chest three times.
Maximilien Robespierre was born on May 6th of 1758 in Arras, France. Robespierre was also a man who wanted the same for everyone. However the way he executed his goals were different from those of Gandhi’s methods. Robespierre was also a man who wanted to change the way of the way he lived and the people who also lived around him.

Robespierre was a leader who also didn’t stop what he was doing because of what the people around him thought.
Gandhi and Robespierre had their differences however they also had their similarities.

Both of these men had the same view on how the world around them was ran. They also both had the same goal of changing things. Gandhi wanted everyone to have the same rights as did Robespierre and both also wanted to do away with the idea of social classes. Robespierre and Gandhi also had many followers or people who supported them in the idea that they had to make the community better. However both of these very important role models had many people who didn’t like what they were doing to change things and help make fit for

everyone.
They had many similarities when it came to they saw things however with similarities also comes differences. Gandhi was a very non-violent civilized man when it can to things such as protests. He was not one who encouraged violence. On the opposing side Robespierre was a man who liked the idea of violence to show people what the consequences were if they didn’t follow his rules and his ideas of how things run. Examples show things such as how during a transient period of time when 40,000 people were killed and about 16,000 of those people were killed by guillotine. The people killed during this time include Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI. As a final thought Gandhi was a pacifist who wanted to give everyone a chance whereas Robespierre wanted to show people he was in charge using a more violent method that however worked.