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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"I would far rather that India perished than that she won Her freedom at the sacrifice of truth."

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"I must not refrain from saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment."

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"I do not want India to rise on the ruin of other nations."

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"In a self-respecting India, is not every woman's virtue as much every man's concern as his own sister's?"

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"Whatever else India may not be, she is at least one thing, She is the greatest storehouse of spiritual knowledge."

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"India's way is not Europe's. India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages."

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"India's coming into her own will mean every nation doing likewise."

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"In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay."

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"Religion is entirely a personal matter. Each one could approach his Creator as he liked."

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"Religion all the world over offeres God as the solace and comfort for all in agony."

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"Rama, Allah and God are to me convertible terms."

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"Our prayer is a heart search. It is a reminder to ourselves that we are helpless without His support."

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"One is ever young in the presence of the God of Truth, or Truth which is God."

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"Nonviolence is the rock on which the whole structure of non-co-operation is built."

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"Free, open love I have looked upon as dog's love. Secret love is, besides, cowardly."

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"My only sanction is the love and affection in which you hold me. But it has its weaknesses, as it has its strengths."

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"My nonviolence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it."

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