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I agree that Gandhi didn't mean that it as proof, but many, many people on the internet use it to mean precisely that.

Yup, something alone the lines of, "YOU SEE THAT!? SEE HOW THEY ARE IGNORING US!?! THAT PROVES WE WILL CRUSH THEM!"

Upvoted. I hear this sentiment quite a lot.

I've heard that this quote doesn't come from Gandhi. See for example http://www.dailywritingtips.com/16-misquoted-quotations/