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In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity.

In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity.

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Country, Humanity, India
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

When the panchayat raj is established, public opinion will do what violence can never do.

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Public Opinion, Violence, Opinion
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa.

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Temptation, Desire, Fruit
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

War knows no law except that of might.

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War, Law, Might
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.45, New Directions Publishing

History is a record of perpetual wars, but we are now trying to make new history.

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War, Trying, Records

People engaged in a war do not lose temper over matters which affect the fortunes of war.

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War, People, Matter
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

The author of the Mahabharata has not established the necessity of physical warfare; on the contrary he has proved its futility.

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War, Mahabharata, Futility
Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi”, p.17, North Atlantic Books

I have not lost the hope that the masses will refuse to bow to the Moloch of war but they will rely upon their own capacity for suffering to save their country's honour.

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Country, War, Rely Upon

Woman is the embodiment of sacrifice and suffering and her advent to public life should, therefore, result in purifying it, in restraining unbridled ambition and accumulation of property.

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Women, Ambition, Sacrifice
Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.229, Oxford University Press

Marriage must cease to be a matter of arrangement made by parents for money.

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Women, Parent, Matter
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.213, Rajpal & Sons

Languages proclaim that woman is half of man, and by parity of reasoning, man is half of woman.

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Women, Half, Language
Mahatma Gandhi (1964). “The Role of Women”

I am the only one, whom you may find it hard to get rid of, for I have always counted myself as a woman.

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Women, May, Men Women
Mahatma Gandhi (1981). “Collected Works”

I have mentally become a woman in order to steal into her heart.

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Women, Heart, Order
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.156, A&C Black

There can be no friendship between cowards, or cowards and brave men.

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Men, Bravery, Coward

Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.

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Character, Suffering, Sorrow
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.

Mahatma Gandhi
Character, Vow, Firmness
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.57, Courier Corporation

Once Jesus had blazed the trail, his twelve disciples could carry on his mission without his presence.

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Jesus, Twelve, Christianity
Mahatma Gandhi (1979). “Collected Works”

The message of Jesus has proved ineffective because the environment was unready to receive it.

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Jesus, Messages, Environment
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gandhigrams”

Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.

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Independence, Term, Disobedience
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.

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Challenges, Opponents, Fighter

Civil disobedience is a preparation for mute suffering.

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Suffering, Preparation, Mute
Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.363, Oxford University Press

Civil disobedience means capacity for unlimited suffering, without the intoxicating excitement of killing.

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Mean, Suffering, Excitement
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

In placing civil disobedience before constructive work I was wrong and I did not profit by the Himalayan blunder that I had committed.

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Profit, Blunders, Committed
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.90, New Directions Publishing

Disobedience, to be civil, implies discipline, thought, care, attention.

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Discipline, Attention, Care
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

Ours is a civil fight, and imprisonment as a civil prisoner has got to be earned by the strict observance of the programme.

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Fighting, Prisoner, Strict
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”