If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.

The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.

When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.

I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.

Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of.

I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others.

Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual dimension with its impulses for nonviolence, justice and equality. He exposes the fallacy of the claim that everyone can be rich and successful provided they work hard. He points to the millions who work themselves to the bone and still remain hungry.