"Swaraj means ability to regard every inhabitant of India as our own brother or sister."
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"The mentality which made one section of the Indians look upon another as enemies was suicidal; it could only serve to perpetuate their slavery."
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"Jail-going is only the beginning, not the end of satyagraha. The acme of satyagraha for us would be to lay down our lives for the defence of India's just cause."
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"God forbid that India should ever become a military nation, which would be a menace to the peace of the world, and yet if things went on as they were doing, what hope was there for India and, therefore, for the world?"
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"A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this."
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"Indian nationalism is not exclusive, nor aggressive, nor destructive."
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"I must declare that it is better for India do discard violence altogether even for defending her borders."
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"Disorder and violence are, in fact, things that might check the pace of India's progress."
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"My interest in India's freedom will cease if she adopts violent means, for their fruit will not be freedom but slavery in disguise."
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"It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind."
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"If as a member of a slave nation I could deliver the suppressed classes from their slavery without freeing myself from my own, I would do so today. But it is an impossible task."
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"I call the Lancashire trade immoral, because it was raised and is sustained on the ruin of millions of India's peasants."
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"I hold too that whatever may be true of other countries, a bloody revolution will not succeed in India."
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"Even if the whole of India, ranged on one side, were to declare that Hindu-Muslim unity is impossible, I will declare that it is perfectly possible."
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"I am wedded to India because I owe my all to her."
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"My varnashram dharma teaches me that there must be some significance in the fact of my being born in India instead of in Europe."
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"I would bend the knee before the poorest scavenger, the poorest untouchable in India for having participated in crushing him for centuries; I would even take the dust off his feet."
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"I would not sell the vital interests of the untouchables for the sake of winning the freedom of India."
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"Man is the maker of his own destiny, and I therefore ask you to become makers of your own destiny."
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"Man is neither mere intellect not the gross animal body, nor the heart or soul alone."
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