Mahatma Gandhi

Political Leader

Mahatma Gandhi was a leader in India's struggle for independence, known for his philosophy of nonviolent resistance and commitment to truth.

Born
October 2, 1869
Died
January 30, 1948
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"The meticulous care for the rights of the least among us is the sin qua non of nonviolence."

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"Our struggle consists in showing that our nonviolence is neither a cloak to hide our violence or hatred, nor a preparation for violence in the near or distant future."

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"It is nonviolent non-co-operation which evokes the highest spirit of self-sacrifice that will wean one from the error of one's ways."

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"Non-co-operation enables us to show that in everything that matters we can be independent of the Government."

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"Non-co-operation in the political field is an extension of the doctrine as it is practised in the domestic field."

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"Non-co-operation intended to pave the way to real honourable and voluntary co-operation based on mutual respect and trust."

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"Non-co-operation means nothing less than training in self-sacrifice."

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"Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power."

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"National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being."

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"A nation that is unfit to fight cannot, from experience, prove the virtue of not fighting."

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"Freedom of a nation cannot be won by solitary acts of heroism though they may be of the true type, never by heroism so called."

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"Nations are not formed in a day, the formation requires years."

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"No nation keeps another in subjection without herself turning into a subject nation."

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"No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation."

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"We burn the evil men do with their mortal remains. We treasure the memory of the good they do, and distance magnifies it."

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"Study men laying down their lives without hurting anyone else in the cause of their country's freedom."

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"No one should dogmatize about the capacity of human nature for degradation or exaltation."

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