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Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.
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Human nature will find itself only when it fully realizes that to be human it has to cease to be beastly or brutal.
Mahatma Gandhi
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For Hindus to expect Islam, Christianity or Zoroastrianism to be driven out of India is as idle a dream as it would be for Mussalmans to have only Islam of their imagination rule the world.
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Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.
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Robust faith in oneself and brave trust of the opponent, so called or real, is the best safeguard.
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The spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within.
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It was the cowards who died many times before their death.
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No one can dominate a population of 80,000,000.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Steam becomes a mighty power only when it allows itself to be imprisoned in a strong little reservoir, produces tremendous motion and carries huge weights by permitting itself a tiny and measured outlet.
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It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.
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It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
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That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.
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Because no one sees the truth does not make it untrue.
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I draw no distinction between error and sin. If a man commits a bona fide mistake and confesses it with a contrite heart before his Maker, the merciful Maker sterilizes it of all harm.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I know no diplomacy save that of truth.
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A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.
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We Indians are one as no two Englishmen are.
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
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Ahimsa magnifies one's own defects, and minimizes those of the opponent. It regards the mole in one's own eye as a beam and the beam in the opponent's eye as a mole.
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People engaged in a war do not lose temper over matters which affect the fortunes of war.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
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Hinduism insists on the brotherhood of not only all mankind but of all that lives.
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Life and death are but phases of the same thing, the reverse and obverse of the same coin. Death is as necessary for man's growth as life itself.
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If we have the khadi spirit in us, then we should surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life.
Mahatma Gandhi