Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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A full and candid admission of one's mistakes should make proof against its repetition.
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Britain's success in the exploitation of non-European races raised the ambition of Bismarck and later Mussolini and others.
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I shall, of course, die with nonviolence on my lips.
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A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation.
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India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.
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Every man has an equal right to the necessaries of life even as birds and beasts have.
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Your life is your message.
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As the elephant is powerless to think in the terms of the ant, in spite of the best intentions in the world, even so is the Englishman powerless to think in the terms of, or legislate for, the Indian.
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It is also a warning. It is a warning that, if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced to the state of the beast, whom he is shaming by his manners.
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Individual liberty and interdependence are both essential for life in society.
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A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this.
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The satyagrahi general has to obey his inner voice, for over and above the situation outside he examines himself constantly and listens to the dictates of the inner self.
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Dining and marriage restrictions stunt Hindu society.
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In the case of the Indian villager, an age-old culture is hidden under entrustment of crudeness.
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One's everyday life is never capable of being separated from his spiritual being.
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He who has a living faith in God will not do evil deeds with name of God on his lips.
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Labour is priceless, not gold.
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The whole world is like the human body with its various members. Pain in one member is felt in the whole body.
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There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.
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Voluntary service of others demands the best of which one is capable, and must take precedence over service of self.
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Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
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I regard the constituent assembly as the substitute ofsatyagraha. It is constructive satyagraha.
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Hitler is a scourge sent by God to punish men for their iniquities.
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Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust.