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Debate Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
- An opponent is entitled to the same regard for his principles as we would expect others to have for ours. Non-violence demands that we should…
- Indeed one's faith in one's plans and methods is truly tested when the horizon before one is the blackest.
- Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses, to a sense of their dignity and power. This can only be done by enabling them to…
- Public opinion alone can keep a society pure and healthy.
- Non-cooperation is beyond the reach of the bayonet. It has found an abiding place in the Indian heart. Workers like me will go when the…
- Non-cooperation is directed not against men but against measures. It is not directed against the Governors, but against the system they administer. The roots of…
- Insistence on truth can come into play when one party practices untruth or injustice. Only then can love be tested. True friendship is put to…
- If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
- It is quite proper to resist and attack a system, but to resist and attack its author is tantamount to resisting and attacking oneself, for…
- I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically expedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint.
- How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms…
- Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
- Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
- If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
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