“But so long as I lived under a system of Government based on force and voluntarily partook of the many facilities and privileges it created for me, I was bound to help that Government to the extent of my ability when it was engaged in a war, unless I non-co-operated with the Government and renounced to the utmost of my capacity the privileges it offered me.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“L'humanité court à son suicide si le monde n'adopte pas la non-violence.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The question of vernaculars as media of instruction is of national importance; neglect of the vernaculars means national suicide.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The earth provides enough to satisfy every person's need, but not every person's greed.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
