Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Our struggle consists in showing that our nonviolence is neither a cloak to hide our violence or hatred, nor a preparation for violence in the near or distant future.

Mahatma Gandhi

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• I was born free.

  

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• Our struggle consists in showing that our nonviolence is neither a cloak to hide our violence or hatred, nor a preparation for violence in the near or distant future.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Violence
  • Preparation
  • Consists