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Violence Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

210 Violence quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

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An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, says Gandhi, who believes true non‑violence is stronger than any violence. He warns that any freedom won through force is only a temporary defeat, and he refuses to accept weakness or compromise on principle.

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Violence always thrived on counter violence.

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Poverty is the worst form of violence.

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An unjust law in itself is an act of violence.

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My dictionary has no such expression as a violent fight.

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I hold that the world is sick of armed rebellions.

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Democracy and violence can ill go together.

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An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

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Violence begins with the fork.

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Naked violence repels like the naked skeleton shorn of flesh, blood and the velvety skin.

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Violence becomes imperative when an attempt is made to assert rights without any reference to duties.

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I do believe that ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.

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Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence.

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Violence is a concession to human weakness, satyagraha is an obligation.

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The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind.

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What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.

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

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If intellect plays a large part in the field of violence, I hold that it plays a larger part in the field…

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Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place.

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The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice,…

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I isolate this non-co-operation from Sinn Feinism, for it is so conceived as to be incapable of being offered side by side…

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Just as there are signs by which you can recognize violence with the naked eye, so is the spinning wheel to me…

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Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying…

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Let the Jews who claim to be the chosen race prove their title by choosing the way of non-violence for vindicating their…

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A dissolute character is more dissolute in thought than in deed. And the same is true of violence. Our violence in word…

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Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what a tremendous advantage she has over…

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Non-violent resistance implies the very opposite of weakness. Defiance combined with non-retaliatory acceptance of repression from one's opponents is active, not passive.…

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I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son…

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H. G. Wells was not the only one to mention Churchill and Hitler in the same breath: "Churchill and Hitler are striving…

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Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate.…

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Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.It is better to be violent, if there is violence…

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In the application of Satyagraha, I discovered, in the earliest stages, that pursuit of Truth did not admit of violence being inflicted…

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I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have…

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In my humble opinion, non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. But in the past, non-cooperation…

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The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy.…

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Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying…

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It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he…

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True nonviolence is mightier than the mightiest violence.

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Poverty is the greatest violence.

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Our aim is not to do things by violence to opponents.

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Nothing enduring can be built on violence.

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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.