Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.

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• Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Rules
  • Joke
  • Civil Disobedience