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Freedom Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

134 Freedom quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

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The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular. Gandhi's quotes link freedom to non‑violence, to personal sacrifice for a cause, and to an inner voice that guides actions. They also say that true freedom requires love, tolerance, and bravery beyond external oppression.

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Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.

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Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.

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I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

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Liberty never meant the license to do anything at will.

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Sanitation is more important than Independence.

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Democracy and violence can ill go together.

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Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion.

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Men aspiring to be free can hardly think of enslaving others.

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The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be…

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An India free from exploitation from within and without must prosper with astonishing rapidity.

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The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of…

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The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meaning he likes, so as to enable him to enforce in…

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The movement of nonviolent non-co-operation has nothing in common with the historical struggles for freedom in the West.

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Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.

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The bomb-throwers have discredited the cause of freedom, in whose name they threw the bombs.

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Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.

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To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving…

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My freedom from hatred - I would even claim for myself individually, my love - for those who consider themselves to be…

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It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their…

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“To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect and their oneness, and should insist upon choosing as…

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Of all the superstitions that affect India, none is so great as that a knowledge of the English language is necessary for…

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My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak…

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Before [Hindus and Moslems] dare think of freedom, they must be brave enough to love one another, to tolerate one another's religion,…

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Woman in the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacities. She has the right to participate in the minutest details in…

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I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell,…

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My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest... no country in the…

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What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and…

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Celebration of Independence Day with great pomp and show was quite appropriate when we were fighting for independence which we had neither…

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Freedom and slavery are mental states.

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Violent means will give violent freedom.

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Economic equality is the master-key to nonviolent independence.

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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

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Freedom from all attachment is the realization of God as Truth.

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A slave has not the freedom even to do the right thing.

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Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

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There is no road to freedom, freedom is the road.

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I'm a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours.

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Freedom is like birth. Till we are fully free, we are slaves.

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The attainment of national independence is to me a search for truth.

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Swaraj for me means freedom for the meanest of countrymen.

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So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj.

I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy.

Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.

I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.

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The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru.

Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant.