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"We want to go in for suffering, and there may be torture. If we put the women in front the Government may hesitate to inflict on us all the penalty that they might otherwise inflict."
"Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government."
"People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any."
"Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it."
"The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest."
"I have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring 'satanic' and I withdraw naught out of it."
"Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak."
"It is the function of God Rama to destroy evil, wherever it occurs and it is equally the function of God Rama to give to his devotees like Bibhishana a free charter of irrevocable self-government."
"Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence."
"No Swaraj government with any pretension to being a popular government can possibly be organised and maintained on a war-footing."
"The British Government in India constitutes a struggle between modern civilization, which is the Kingdom of Satan, and the ancient civilization, which is the Kingdom of God."
"A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance."
"The only true resistance to this Government... [is] to cease to co-operate with it."
"The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao. When rich speculators prosper While farmers lose their land; when government officials spend money on weapons instead of cures; when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible while the poor have nowhere to turn- all this is robbery and chaos. It is not in keeping with the Tao."
"Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is known and feared; the worst government is hated."
"The leader is best, When people are hardly aware of his existence, Not so good when people praise his government, Less good when people stand in fear, Worst, when people are contemptuous. Fail to honor people, and they will fail to honor you. But of a good leader, who speaks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, The people say, 'We did it ourselves.'"
"Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish."
"The more prohibitions there are, the poorer the people will be. The more laws are promulgated, the more thieves and bandits there will be."
"It would be quite wrong to hold the Soviet government responsible for the activities of American Communists."
"The Muslim Brotherhood can't even penetrate the Egyptian government."
