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Mahatma Gandhi Quotes about Duty

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Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.

Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.

Mahatma Gandhi
Morality, Duty, Term
Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Hind Swaraj”, p.49, Rajpal & Sons

Out of the performance of duties flow rights, and those that knew and performed their duties came naturally by their rights.

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Rights, Flow, Duty
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

Harijan service is a duty the caste Hindus owe to themselves.

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Hinduism, Duty, Castes
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

The woman who knows and fulfils her duty realizes her dignified status.

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Women, Realizing, Duty
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.299, Rajpal & Sons

At times, non-co-operation becomes as much a duty as co-operation.

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Operations, Duty
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.29, Rajpal & Sons

Non-cooperation with tyrants is a duty.

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Tyrants, Cooperation, Duty

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

The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty.

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

The true source of rights is duty.

Mahatma Gandhi
Rights, Source, Duty
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.233, Rajpal & Sons

Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

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Rights, Flow, Duty
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.62, New Directions Publishing

You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.

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Sake, Neglect, Duty
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

Non-cooperatio n with evil is a sacred duty.

Mahatma Gandhi
Evil, Sacred, Duty

I know that not only is Swaraj our birthright, but it is our sacred duty to win it.

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Winning, Sacred, Duty
Mahatma Gandhi (1935). “Young India, 1927-1928”

A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.

Mahatma Gandhi
Important, Duty, Carrie

Nonviolent non-co-operation, I am convinced, is a sacred duty at times.

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Sacred, Operations, Duty
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.98, Courier Corporation

Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.

Mahatma Gandhi
Mean, Duty, Ahimsa
Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.45, Hackett Publishing

If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek.

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Rights, Duty, Discharge
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.62, Rajpal & Sons

No people have risen who thought only of rights. Only those did so who thought of duties.

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Rights, People, Duty
Mahatma Gandhi (1941). “The Indian States' Problem”

No displeasure, even of the dearest friends, can put me off the duty I see clearly in front of me.

Mahatma Gandhi
Duty, Dearest Friend, Fronts
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”