Mahatma Gandhi Quotes about Liberty
Individual liberty and interdependence are both essential for life in society.
Mahatma Gandhi (1963). “Co-operation”
No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.27, Rajpal & Sons
Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.27, Rajpal & Sons
Mahatma Gandhi (1988). “Gandhi on Women: Collection of Mahatma Gandhi's Writings and Speeches on Women”
I'm a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours.
Young India, January 21, 1927.
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.165, Rajpal & Sons
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.40, Courier Corporation
The one condition for fighting for peace and liberty is to acquire self-restraint.
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”
Liberty is a dearly bought commodity and prisons are factories where it is manufactured.
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”
Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”
But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.68, A&C Black
Mahatma Gandhi (1927). “Young India”
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.137, A&C Black
One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman.
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”
Freedom is like birth. Till we are fully free, we are slaves.
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.125, Courier Corporation