Is it not possible for us all to realize that the masses will never mount to freedom through murder?

To my mind, Swaraj based on nonviolence is the fulfillment of the constructive programme.

A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still.

Active nonviolence is necessary for those who will offer civil disobedience but the will and proper training are enough for the people to co-operate with those who are chosen for civil disobedience.

I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

We want to go in for suffering, and there may be torture. If we put the women in front the Government may hesitate to inflict on us all the penalty that they might otherwise inflict.