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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"All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such."

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"Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God."

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"Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you."

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"The control of the palate is a valuable aid for the control of the mind."

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"Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared."

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"Indeed, the test of orderliness in a country is not the number of millionaires it owns, but the absence of starvation among its masses."

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"Healthy, well-informed, balanced criticism is the ozone of public life."

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"What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy. What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals? The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty."

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"The earth has everything for all human needs, but nothing for his greed."

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"The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood."

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"To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman."

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"Britain's success in the exploitation of non-European races raised the ambition of Bismarck and later Mussolini and others."

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"Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value."

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"If love or non-violence be not the law of our being, the whole of my argument falls to pieces."

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"Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life."

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