Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Let no one try to justify the glaring difference between the classes and the masses, the prince and the pauper, by saying that the former need more.
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A man or a woman who serves the country with all his or her heart stands on par with the tallest Congress-man.
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Man is sent into the world to perform his duty even at the cost of his life.
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I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
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Do not worry about what others are doing! Each of us should turn the searchlight inward and purify his or her own heart as much as possible.
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God cannot be realized through intellect.
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Drink is not a fashion in India, as it is in the West.
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The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation.
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There is a power now slumbering within us, which is awakened would do to evil what light does to darkness.
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Swaraj as conceived by me does not mean the end of kingship.
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The most distinctive and largest contribution of Hinduism to India's culture is the doctrine of ahimsa.
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Every truth is self-acting and possesses inherent strength.
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Untouchability is a terrible reality.
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A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still.
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We have to tackle the triple malady which holds our villages fast in its grip; want of corporate sanitation, deficient diet and inertia.
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I desire no honour if I have to conceal my religious beliefs in order to have it.
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I would ask you to come in Khadi, for Khadi links you with the fallen and the down-trodden.
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True religion being the greatest thing in life and in the world, has been exploited the most.
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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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How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done.
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Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.
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It is a sad thing that our schoolboys look upon manual labour with disfavour, if not contempt.
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Unity among the different races and the different religions of India is indispensable to the birth of national life.
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I have known many meat eaters to be far more nonviolent than vegetarians.