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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"We don't use guns because we don't have guns"

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"It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man."

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"Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect."

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"If India won her freedom through truth and non-violence, India would not only point the way to all the exploited Asiatic nations, she would become a torch-bearer for the Negro races."

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"Unrestricted individualism is the law of the beast of the jungle."

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"The best way of losing a cause is to abuse your opponent and to trade upon his weakness."

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"The greatness of the human being is not in the reincarnation of the world but in the reincarnation of ourselves."

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"Yajna is duty to be performed, or service to be rendered, all twenty-four hours of the day."

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"Faith is a kind of sixth sense which works in cases which are without the purview of reason."

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"Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help."

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"You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote."

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"Vehement writing, even if it is charged with truth, is no answer to violent action."

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"To change one's religion under the threat of force is no conversion but rather cowardice."

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"To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions."

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"It is an ever-growing belief with me that truth cannot be found by violent means."

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"The method of satyagraha requires that the satyagrahi should never lose hope, so long as there is the slightest ground left for it."

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"In matters concerning religion, I consider myself not a child but an adult with 35 years of experience."

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