The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The very essence of democracy is that every person represents all the varied interests which compose the nation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Democracy comes naturally to him who is habituated normally to yield willing obedience to all laws, human or divine. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The voice of the people may be said to be God's voice, the voice of the Panchayat. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect and their oneness, and should insist upon choosing as… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If fighting for the legislatures meant a sacrifice of truth and nonviolence, democracy would not be worth a moment's purchase. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Will Great Britain have an unwilling India dragged into war or a willing ally co-operating with her in the prosecution of a… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I see neither bravery nor sacrifice in destroying life or property, for offense or defense. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Intolerance, discourtesy and harshness..... are taboo in all good society and are surely contrary to the spirit of democracy. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I do not want a kingdom, or heaven; what I want is to remove the trouble of the oppressed, the poor, and the needy. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
If it was wrong to seek God in a stone, how was it right to seek Him in a book called the Gita, the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image