"It is the duty of a non-co-operator..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
It is the duty of a non-co-operator to preach disaffection towards the existing order of things. Non-co-operators are but giving disciplined expression to a nation's outraged feelings.
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“The earth, the air, the land and the water are not an inheritance from our fore fathers but on loan from our children. So we have to handover to them at least as it was handed over to us.”
“The avowed policy of non-co-operation has been not to make political use of the disputes between labour and capital.”
“A poet is one who can call forth the good latent in the human beast.”
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“Non-co-operation is not a movement of drag, bluster or bluff.”
“Non-cooperation with tyrants is a duty.”
“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 and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done.”
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“Jail-going is only the beginning, not the end of satyagraha. The acme of satyagraha for us would be to lay down our lives for the defence of India's just cause.”
“Our non-co-operation is with the system the English have established in India, with the material civilization and its attendant greed and exploitation of the weak.”
“At times, non-co-operation becomes as much a duty as co-operation.”