A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses, to a sense of their dignity and power. This can only be done by enabling them to realise that they need not fear brute force, if they but know the soul within.

Violence can only be effectively met by nonviolence. This is an old established truth.

The knowledge of the omnipresence of God also means respect for the lives even of those who may be called opponents.

No police or military in the world can protect people who are cowards.

Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.