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 law of love knows no bounds of space or time."

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"If we have the khadi spirit in us, then we should surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life."

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"Coal is not dear for the coal-miner who can use it there and then, nor is khadi dear for the villager who manufactures his own khadi."

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"Khadi will cease to have any value in my eyes if it does not usefully employ the millions."

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"I would ask you to come in Khadi, for Khadi links you with the fallen and the down-trodden."

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"Khadi will be the sun of the whole industrial solar system."

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"Khadi service, village service and Harijan service are one in reality, though three in name."

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"The commerce between India and Africa will be of ideas and services, not of the manufactured goods against raw materials after the fashion of the Western exploiters."

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"We must break through the provincial crust if we are to reach the core of all-India nationalism."

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"In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity."

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"The West has yet to discover anything so hygienic as the Indian toothstick."

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"Unity among the different races and the different religions of India is indispensable to the birth of national life."

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"The ideal is a synthesis of the different cultures that have come to stay in India, that have influenced Indian life, and that, in their turn, have themselves been influenced by the spirit of the soil."

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"Many persons claiming different faiths make us one and an indivisible nation. All these have an equal claim to be the nationals of India."

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"War knows no law except that of might."

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"When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa."

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"The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind."

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"Is it not possible for us all to realize that the masses will never mount to freedom through murder?"

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"Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence."

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