13 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi about government



  • Author Mahatma Gandhi
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    But so long as I lived under a system of Government based on force and voluntarily partook of the many facilities and privileges it created for me, I was bound to help that Government to the extent of my ability when it was engaged in a war, unless I non-co-operated with the Government and renounced to the utmost of my capacity the privileges it offered me.

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  • Author Mahatma Gandhi
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    What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?

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    A nonviolent system of government is clearly an impossibility so long as the wide gulf between the rich and the hungry millions persists.

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    Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone.

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    I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability which is amazing and he seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed.

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    The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest.

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