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Quotes from The Doctrine Of The Sword — Mahatma Gandhi

1869–1948 India

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I am not pleading for India to practice nonviolence because it is weak. I want her to practice nonviolence being conscious of her strength and power.

The Doctrine Of The Sword (1920)

My life is dedicated to service of India through the religion of nonviolence which I believed to be the root of Hinduism.

The Doctrine Of The Sword (1920)

I must not refrain from a saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment. We have better work to do, a better mission to deliver to the world.

The Doctrine Of The Sword (1920)

In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that anyone else could possibly reject the law of final supremacy of brute force.

The Doctrine Of The Sword (1920)

Nonviolence in its dynamic condition means conscious suffering. It does not means meek submission to the will of the evil-doer, but it means the putting of one's whole soul against the will of the tyrant.

The Doctrine Of The Sword (1920)

I do not believe myself to be a helpless creature. Only I want to use India's and my strength for better purpose.

The Doctrine Of The Sword (1920)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mahatma Gandhi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.