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

My opposition to the socialist and the other consists in attacking violence as a means of effecting any lasting reform.

The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives.

In the midst of death life persists.

Swaraj is our birthright. No one can deprive us of it unless we forfeit it ourselves.

Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course, under my suggestion, the Town Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location. About this mixing of the Kaffirs with the Indians I must confess I feel most strongly. I think it is very unfair to the Indian population, and it is an undue tax on even the proverbial patience of my countrymen.

I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor.