Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

If what passed as nonviolence does not enable people to protect the honour of women, or if it does not enable women to protect their own honour, it is not nonviolence.

Mahatma Gandhi

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• If what passed as nonviolence does not enable people to protect the honour of women, or if it does not enable women to protect their own honour, it is not nonviolence.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • People
  • Protect
  • Honour