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Violence begins with the fork.

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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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Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

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There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute tha...more

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My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a given question, but to be consistent with truth as it may present itself to me at a gi...more

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One should not think of embracing another religion before one had fully understand his own.

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I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality

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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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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute tha...more

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I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.

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The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

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In the very first month of Indian Opinion, I realized that the sole aim of journalism should be service. The newspaper press is a great power, but jus...more

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What barrier is there that love cannot break?

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While in Bombay, I began, on one hand, my study of Indian law and, on the other, my experiments in dietetics in which Virchand Gandhi, a friend, joine...more