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Non-violence is backed by the theory of soul-force in which suffering is courted in the hope of ultimately winning over the opponent.
Any man who stands for progress has to criticize, disbelieve and challenge every item of the old faith.
Why I am an atheist? (1930)
I emphasize that I am full of ambition and hope and of full charm of life. But I can renounce all at the time of need, and that is the real sacrifice.
Selected writings of Shaheed Bhagat Singh (1986)
One should not interpret the word “Revolution” in its literal sense. Various meanings and significances are attributed to this word, according to the interests of those who use or misuse it.
Revolution means action. It means a change brought about deliberately by an organized and systematic work, as opposed to sudden and unorganised or spontaneous change or breakdown.
To Young Political Workers (1931)
Every tiny molecule of Ash is in motion with my heat
I am such a Lunatic that I am free even in Jail.
Jail Note Book of Shahid Bhagat Singh (1929)
The people generally get accustomed to the established order of things and begin to tremble at the very idea of a change. It is this lethargical spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit.
Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol.
I do not mean that bombs and pistols are useless, rather the contrary. But I mean to say that mere bomb-throwing is not only useless but sometimes harmful.
To Young Political Workers (1931)
The bomb was necessary to awaken England from her dreams.
His reasoning can be mistaken, wrong, misled and sometimes fallacious. But he is liable to correction because reason is the guiding star of his life. But mere faith and blind faith is dangerous: it dulls the brain, and makes a man reactionary.
Why I am an atheist? (1930)
Bombs and pistols do not make a revolution. The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetting-stone of ideas.
Compromise is an essential weapon which has to be wielded every now and then as the struggle develops. But the thing that we must keep always before us is the idea of the movement. We must always maintain a clear notion as to the aim for the achievement of which we are fighting.
To Young Political Workers (1931)
By "Revolution", we mean the ultimate establishment of an order of society which may not be threatened by such breakdown, and in which the sovereignty of the proletariat should be recognized and a world federation should redeem humanity from the bondage of capitalism and misery of imperial wars.
Bhagat Singh and His Ideology (1981)
Revolution is a very difficult task. It is beyond the power of any man to make a revolution. Neither can it be brought about on any appointed date. It is brought about by special environments, social and economic. The function of an organized party is to utilise an such opportunity offered by these circumstances.
To Young Political Workers (1931)