If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.

I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to present to you the names of (Hazrat) Abu Bakar (RA) and (Hazrat) Umar Farooq (RA). They were leaders of a vast Empire, yet they lived a life of austerity.

The cause is everything. Those even who are dearest to us must be shunted for the sake of the cause.

I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence.

If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton, even under medical advice, I would prefer death.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

The bomb-throwers have discredited the cause of freedom, in whose name they threw the bombs.