passive resistance, n.Definitions

Passive resistance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠how lawyers wear down an official who throws them down the stairs: one at a time they rush up and let themselves be thrown back.

Passive resistance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an ironic name for one of the most active weapons ever devised: it can be beaten only by massacre, and nobody can rule over dead men.