At the individual level Swaraj is vitally connected with the capacity for dispassionate self-assessment , ceaseless self purification and growing self-reliance.... It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves

The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.

Coal is not dear for the coal-miner who can use it there and then, nor is khadi dear for the villager who manufactures his own khadi.

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

Khaddar delivers the poor from the bonds of the rich and creates a moral and spiritual bond between the classes and the masses.

A living faith in God means acceptance of the brotherhood of mankind.

Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.