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If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has not...more

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Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.

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To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect and their oneness, and should insist upon choosing as their rep...more

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You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.

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Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.

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(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.

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Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest.

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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

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Morality is contraband in war.

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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

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I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.

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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not ...more