The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.
Mahatma GandhiIf there is violence, it will certainly be crushed because violence can only end in a disgraceful rout.
Mahatma GandhiMy Swaraj will be not be a result of murder of others but a voluntary act of continuous self-sacrifice.
Mahatma GandhiIt is a crime and a sin to regard a person as untouchable because he is born in a particular community.
Mahatma GandhiThe science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy.
Mahatma Gandhi