Whilst I may not actually help anyone to retaliate, I must not let a coward seek shelter behind nonviolence so-called. Not knowing the stuff of which nonviolence is made, many have honestly believed that running away from danger every time was a virtue compared to offering resistance, especially when it was fraught with danger to one's life. As a teacher of nonviolence I must, so far as it is possible for me, guard against such an unmanly belief.

I retain the opinion that council entry is inconsistent with non-co-operation as I conceive it.

I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence.

Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.

Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.

I would far rather that India perished than that she won Her freedom at the sacrifice of truth.

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character.