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.

Before civil disobedience can be practised on a vast scale, people must learn the art of civil or voluntary obedience.

A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance.

If we have the khadi spirit in us, then we should surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life.

Democracy and violence can ill go together.

If Britain wins wholly, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and perhaps even Bolshevik Russia will disappear.

Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.