The State is the sum total of the sacrifice, on its behalf, of its members.
I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
It is for us to make the effort. The result is always in God's hands.
In fact, it is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth.
Swaraj is not meant for cowards, but for those who would mount smilingly to the gallows and refuse even to allow their eyes to be bandaged.
The richest grace of ahimsa will descend easily upon the owner of hard discipline.