A Swaraj government means a government established by the free joint will of Hindus, Mussalmans and others.

Cowardice is impotence worse than violence. The coward desires revenge but being afraid to die, he looks to others, maybe to the government of the day, to do the work of defense for him. A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women.

I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.

The first condition of humaneness is a little humility and a little diffidence about the correctness of one's conduct and a little receptiveness.

A true and nonviolent combination of labour would act like a magnet attracting to it all the needed capital.

In order to get meat, we have to kill. And we are certainly not entitled to any other milk except the mother's milk in our infancy.

Now the man on duty used to be changed from time to time. Once one of these men, without giving me the slightest warning, without even asking me to leave the footpath, pushed and kicked me into the street. I was dismayed. Before I could question him as to his behaviour, Mr Coates, who happened to be passing the spot on horseback, hailed me and said: 'Gandhi, I have seen everything. I shall gladly be your witness in court if you proceed against the man. I am very sorry you have been so rudely assaulted.'