3,410 Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

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    The day a woman can walk freely on the roads at night, that day we can say that India has achieved independence

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    God makes crooked straight for us and sets things right when they seem to go dead wrong.

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    He who runs to the doctor, vaidya, or hakim for every little ailment, and swallows all kinds of vegetable and mineral drugs, not only curtails his life, but by becoming the slave of his body instead of remaining its master, loses self-control, and ceases to be a man.

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    I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.

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    If we are to stand the final heat of the battle, we must learn to stand our ground in the face of cavalry or baton charges and allow ourselves to be trampled under horses' hooves, or be bruised with baton charges.

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    Retreat itself is often a plan of resistance and may be a precursor of great bravery and sacrifice. Every retreat is not cowardice which implies fear to die.

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    The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

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