If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which the last is equal to the first or, in other words, no one is to be the first and none the last.

To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness.

A satyagrahi cannot go to law for a personal wrong.

A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social system is worthless.

I do not regard capital to be the enemy of labour.

The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that too, unconditional assistance, Co-operation which needs consideration is as a commercial contract and not friendship. Conditional co-operation is like adulterated cement which does not bind.

Even a single lamp dispels the deepest darkness.