Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.

Mahatma Gandhi

• Obedience
• Civil Disobedience
• Charkha

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• The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Obedience
  • Civil Disobedience
  • Charkha