Freedom

» Though we are politically free, we are hardly free from the subtle domination of the West. EWE-28

» Nothing depends upon the death of an individual, be he ever so great, but much depends upon the freedom of India. T-2-314

» A slave has not the freedom even to do the right thing. T-2-6

» A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not. T-5-201

» If Gandhism means simply mechanically turning the spinning wheel, it deserves to be destroyed. T-5-241

» What is Gandhism but winning Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence? T-3-78

» There is no such thing as 'Gandhism', and I do not want to leave any sect after me. T-4-54

» If our ahimsa is not of the brave, and if it will bend the knee before himsa, Gandhism deserves to be destroyed. T-5-242

» They might kill me but they cannot kill Gandhism. If truth can be killed, Gandhism can be killed. T-3-78

» Unless the charkha adds to your ahimsa and makes you stronger every day, your Gandhism is of little avail. T-3-78

» There is already enough superstition in our country. No effort should be spared to resist further addition in the shape of Gandhi worship. XXV-334

» Though a non-co-operator, I shall gladly subscribe to a bill to make it criminal for anybody to call me mahatma and to touch my feet. T-2-257

» Was it that you wanted to pull my leg by transporting me to the frozen Himalayan heights of ‘mahatmaship’ and claiming for yourself absolution from having to follow my precepts? T-2-3

» A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed. T-2-45

» A nonviolent system of government is clearly an impossibility so long as the wide gulf between the rich and hungry millions persists. MM-257

» Government of the people by the people and for the people cannot be conducted at the bidding of one man, however great he may be. MM-346

» Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.T-5-187

» Schools and colleges are really factories for turning out clerks for the Government. T-2-13

» Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion. T-3-154

» I have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring ‘satanic’ and I withdraw naught out of it. T-2-200

» The nation’s non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation’s right and every good government's duty. T-2-46

» What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have we not been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren? T-2-36

» Under my plan, the state will be there to carry out the will of the people, not to dictate to them or to force them to do its will. T-7-48

» Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights. XXV-420

» The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest. XXV-420

» No matter what the cause is and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil disturbances. T-7-359

» Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it.T-5-265