Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed.
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I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.
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Hinduism has absorbed the best of all the faiths of the world and in that sense Hinduism is not an exclusive religion.
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To a starving man, God can only appear in the form of bread.
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Truth and nonviolence are both the means and the end, and given the right type of men, the legislatures can be the means of achieving the concrete pursuit of truth and nonviolence.
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It is through truth & non-violence that I can have some glimpse of God. Truth & non-violence are my God. They are the obverse and reverse of the same coin.
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Study men laying down their lives without hurting anyone else in the cause of their country's freedom.
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I have been repeating over and over again that he who cannot protect himself or his nearest and dearest or their honour by non-violently facing death may and ought to do so by violently dealing with the oppressor. He who can do neither of the two is a burden. He has no business to be the head of a family. He must either hide himself, or must rest content to live for ever in helplessness and be prepared to crawl like a worm at the bidding of a bully.
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I do not want to see the allies defeated. But I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability that is amazing and seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed. Englishmen are showing the strength that Empire builders must have. I expect them to rise much higher than they seem to be doing.
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Swaraj is a hardy tree of patient growth.
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A country that is governed by its national army can never be morally free and, therefore, its so-called weakest member can never rise to his full moral height.
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There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.
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Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
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Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.
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If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.
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The duty of motherhood, which the vast majority of woman will always undertake, requires the qualities which men need not possess.
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Even as satyagraha is a weapon unique of its kind and not one of the ordinary weapons used by people, so is Khadi, a unique article of commerce which will not, cannot, succeed on terms common to other articles.
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Labour is a great leveler of all distinctions.
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Political power means the capacity to regulate national life through national representatives.
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Mass illiteracy is India's sin and shame and must be liquidated.
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It is not possible to make a person or society non-violent by compulsion.
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I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.
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I believe in the essential unity of all that lives. Therefore, I believe that if one person gains spiritually, the whole world gains, and that if one person falls, the whole world falls to that extent.
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The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children.