Nonviolence to be worth anything has to work in the face of hostile forces.

Ramanama can be used only for a good, never for an evil end, or else thieves and robbers would be the greatest devotees.

I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.

If the lambs of the world had been willingly led, they would have long ago saved themselves from the butcher's knife.

Let the content of Swaraj grow with the growth of national consciousness and aspirations.

You Christians look after a document containing enough dynamite to blow all civilisation to pieces, turn the world upside down and bring peace to a battle-torn planet. But you treat it as though it is nothing more than a piece of literature.

One has to speak out and stand up for one's convictions. Inaction at a time of conflagration is inexcusable.