Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

My opposition to the socialist and the other consists in attacking violence as a means of effecting any lasting reform.

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• My opposition to the socialist and the other consists in attacking violence as a means of effecting any lasting reform.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Violence
  • Opposition
  • Socialist