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Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.

Mahatma Gandhi
Peace, Truth, Violence
Surendra Varmā, Mahatma Gandhi (1970). “Metaphysical Foundation of Mahatma Gandhi's Thought”

It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honor, his religion, his soul and lay the foundation for the empire's fall or its regeneration.

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Fall, Soul, Honor
"The Doctrine Of The Sword". "Young India" Journal, August 11, 1920.

Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

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Freedom, Thoughtful, Action

There is no road to freedom, freedom is the road.

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Freedom, Human Rights

Roving dogs do not indicate the civilisation or compassion of the society. They betray on the country the ignorance and lethargy of its members.

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Country, Dog, Ignorance
Mahatma Gandhi (1927). “Young India, 1924-1926”

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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Running, Rights, Leaving
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.243, Courier Corporation

God has enabled man to distinguish between his sister, his mother, his daughter and his wife.

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God, Daughter, Mother
Mahatma Gandhi (1964). “Through Self-control”

You can only have lasting peace based on justice.

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Justice, Lasting
Source: gandhiking.ning.com

God has so ordered this world that no one can keep his goodness or badness exclusively to himself.

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God, World, Goodness
Mahatma Gandhi (2011). “The Way to God: Selected Writings from Mahatma Gandhi”, p.19, North Atlantic Books

India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.

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Humanity, India, Aspire
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.116, A&C Black

India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).

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Land, India, Duty
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.13, Rajpal & Sons

India has an unbroken tradition of nonviolence from times immemorial.

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India, Unbroken, Tradition
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.342, Rajpal & Sons

An India prostrate at the feet of Europe can give no hope to humanity.

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Europe, Feet, Giving
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.21, Rajpal & Sons

An India free from exploitation from within and without must prosper with astonishing rapidity.

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India, Exploitation, Astonishing
Mahatma Gandhi (1931). “Young India”

On India rests the burden of pointing the way to all the exploited races of the earth.

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Race, India, Earth
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “My Picture of Free India”

If India becomes the slave of the machine, then, I say, heaven save the world.

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Heaven, India, Machines
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.75, New Directions Publishing

India's freedom must revolutionize the world's outlook upon Peace and War.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, India, World
Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.18, Oxford University Press

India's freedom will not be won by violence but only by the purest suffering without retaliation.

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Suffering, India, Violence
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay.

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India, Way, Common

Nonviolence to be a creed has to be all-pervasive.

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Creeds, Nonviolence
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.52, New Directions Publishing

Nonviolence requires more courage than the soldier of war.

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War, Soldier, Nonviolence

Nonviolence is the means, the end for everyone is complete independence.

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Mean, Independence, Ends

Every moment of my existence is dedicated to the winning of Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence.

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Mean, Winning, Moments
Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Communal Unity”

The only virtue I want to claim is truth and nonviolence.

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Want, Virtue, Claims
Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.32, Hackett Publishing

I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses.

Mahatma Gandhi
Order, Weakness, Nonviolence
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”