Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Aggressive civil disobedience should be confined to a vindication of the right of free speech and free association.
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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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If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If leaving duties unperformed we run after rights, they will escape us like a will-o'-the-wisp.
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A burning passion coupled with absolute detachment is the key to all success.
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Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.
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The English have taught us that we were not one nation before and that it will reaquire centuries before we become one nation. This is without foundation. We were one nation before they came to India. One thought inspired us. Our mode of life was the same. It was because we were one nation that they were able to establish one kingdom.
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Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
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My religion has no geographical limits.
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Hinduism is a relentless pursuit of Truth. "Truth is God" and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it is because we are fatigued; and as soon as the fatigue is over, Hinduism will burst upon the world with a brilliance perhaps unknown before.
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I find that we are all such sinners that it is better to leave the judging to God.
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Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent.
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In a true democracy of India, the unit is the village.
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In this day of wonders no one will say that a thing or an idea is worthless because it is new. To say it is impossible because it is difficult is again not in consonance with the spirit of the age. Things undreamt of are daily being seen, the impossible is ever becoming possible.
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Love is no love which asks for a return.
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To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, i.e. to become perfect.
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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.
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Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to the heart.
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Like the watch, the heart needs the winding of purity, or the Dweller ceases to speak.
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The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.
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Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.
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True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.
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Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.
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I have no weapon but nonviolence.
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Satyagraha does not begin and end with civil disobedience.