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Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, War, Heart
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.68, A&C Black

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Peace, War
Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.43, Hackett Publishing

I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Believe, Men
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart.

Mahatma Gandhi
Peace, Attitude, War
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Fighting, Two Nations
Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.85, A&C Black

War with all its glorification of brute force is essentially a degrading thing.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Force, Brutes
Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology”, Vintage

It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.

Mahatma Gandhi
Peace, War, Congratulations
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.120, Courier Corporation

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi
Inspirational, Peace, War
Non-Violence in Peace and War (1942) vol. 1, ch. 142

The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy.

Mahatma Gandhi
Running, War, Simple

Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Mahatma Gandhi
Peace, War, Blood
Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.70, New Directions Publishing

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Sunset, Victory And Defeat
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works”

When there is war, the poet lays down the lyre, the lawyer his law reports, the schoolboy his books.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Book, Law
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.228, Grove Press

Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals?

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Humanity, Criminals
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.370, Tara Publishing

Morality is contraband in war.

Mahatma Gandhi
Peace, War, Ethics
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.68, New Directions Publishing

War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.

Mahatma Gandhi
Courage, War, Evil
Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.38, New Directions Publishing

A warrior lives on his wars, whether offensive or defensive. And he suffers a collapse if he finds that his warring capacity is unwanted.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Suffering, Offensive
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.118, Courier Corporation

When a man vowed to nonviolence as the law governing human beings dares to refer to war, he can only do it so as to strain every nerve to avoid it.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Men, Law
Mahatma Gandhi (1993). “Gandhi on Nehru”

Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place.

Mahatma Gandhi
Peace, Truth, War
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Gandhiji Expects: What the Father of the Nation Expected of People's Representatives”

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

Nonviolence requires more courage than the soldier of war.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Soldier, Nonviolence

I believe that it is impossible to end hatred with hatred.

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

What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy. What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals? The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.

Mahatma Gandhi
Strong, War, Differences
Non-Violence in Peace and War (1942) vol. 1, ch. 142

I appeal for cessation of hostilities, not because you are too exhausted to fight, but because war is bad in essence. You want to kill Nazism. You will never kill it by its indifferent adoption.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Fighting, Essence
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.345, Grove Press

I contend that non-violent acts exert pressure far more effective than violent acts, for the pressure comes from goodwill and gentleness.

Mahatma Gandhi
Peace, War, Violent Acts
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

As in laws or in war, the longest purse finally wins.

Mahatma Gandhi
War, Winning, Law
Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Third Class in Indian Railways”, p.48, Cosimo, Inc.