Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Freedom
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No government on earth can make men, who have realized freedom in their hearts, salute against their will.
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Freedom and slavery are mental states.
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Freedom from all attachment is the realization of God as Truth.
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We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries.
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Freedom is like birth. Till we are fully free, we are slaves.
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I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense.
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Though we are politically free, we are hardly free from the subtle domination of the West.
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Evolution of democracy is not possible if we are not prepared to hear the other side.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
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Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.
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To answer brutality with brutality is to admit one's moral and intellectual bankruptcy.
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In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
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The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.
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I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.
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I well remember how the thoughts I had up to the time of my discharge from the jail on every occasion were modified immediately after discharge, and after getting first-hand information myself. Somehow or other the jail atmosphere does not allow you to have all the bearings in your mind.
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Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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Democracy and violence can ill go together.
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No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom.
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There is no reason to believe that there is one law for families and another for nations.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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There is no road to freedom, freedom is the road.
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A slave has not the freedom even to do the right thing.
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Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something,it makes me incapable of doing it. When I believe I can,I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.’"Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.
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It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the central means for deliverance.
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A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
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The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.
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My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest.
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Mahatma Gandhi
- Born: October 2, 1869
- Died: January 30, 1948
- Occupation: Civil rights leader
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