"There is no such thing as compulsion..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
There is no such thing as compulsion in the scheme of nonviolence.
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“If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.”
“A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.”
“Government control gives rise to fraud, suppression of Truth, intensification of the black market and artificial scarcity. Above all, it unmans the people and deprives them of initiative, it undoes the teaching of self-help.”
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“Nonviolent action means mobilization of world opinion in our favour.”
“I learnt the lesson on nonviolence from my wife, when I tried to bend her to my will. Her determined resistance to my will on the one hand, and her quiet submission to the suffering my stupidity involved on the other, ultimately made me ashamed of myself and cured me of my stupidity in thinking that I was born to rule over her.”
“We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.”
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“The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world.”
“No one can dominate a population of 80,000,000.”