Quotations from Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948
- Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Defense against charge of sedition [March 23, 1922]- Nonviolence and truth (Satya) are inseparable and presuppose one another. There is no god higher than truth.
True Patriotism: Some Sayings of Mahatma Gandhi [1939]- Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
- There is enough for the needy but not for the greedy.
- It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
- Passive resistance is an all-sided sword; it can be used anyhow; it blesses him who uses it and him against whom it is used without drawing a drop of blood; it produces far-reaching results. It never rusts and cannot be stolen. Competition between passive resisters does not exhaust them. The sword of passive resistance does not require a scabbard and one cannot be forcibly dispossessed of it.
- I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.
- Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.
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