Swaraj Quotes

“Swaraj as conceived by me does not mean the end of kingship.”

“In Swaraj, based on ahimsa, people need not know their rights, but it is also necessary for them to know their duties.”

“Let the content of Swaraj grow with the growth of national consciousness and aspirations.”

“The restoration of free speech, free association and free press is almost the whole Swaraj.”

“Swaraj can only be achieved through an all-round consciousness of the masses.”

“To ignore the Mussalman grievance as if it was not felt is to postpone Swaraj.”

“Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.”

“It only confirms me in my belief that there is no Swaraj without a settlement with the Mussalmans.”

“Swaraj is our birthright. No one can deprive us of it unless we forfeit it ourselves.”

“Swaraj does not depend on jail going. If it did, there are thousands of prisoners in jail today. It depends on everyone doing his or her own task.”

“A Swaraj government means a government established by the free joint will of Hindus, Mussalmans and others.”

“Every moment of my existence is dedicated to the winning of Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence.”

“My Swaraj is to keep intact the genius of our civilization.”

“A bogus Congress register can never lead you to Swaraj any more than a paper boat can help you to sail across the Padma.”

“My Swaraj will be not be a result of murder of others but a voluntary act of continuous self-sacrifice.”

“To my mind, Swaraj based on nonviolence is the fulfillment of the constructive programme.”

“My Swaraj takes note of bhangis, dheds, dublas and the weakest of the weak, and except the spinning wheel I know no other thing which befriends all these.”

“Prosecution of the constructive programme means constructing the structure of Swaraj.”

“No Swaraj government with any pretension to being a popular government can possibly be organised and maintained on a war-footing.”

“Half-a-dozen or twenty cities of India alone working together cannot bring Swaraj.”

“The Swaraj of my dream is the poor man's Swaraj.”

“The call of the spinning wheel is the noblest of all. Because it is the call of love. And love is Swaraj.”

“Swaraj, without any qualifying clause, includes that which is better than the best one can conceive or have today.”

“Swaraj is not meant for cowards, but for those who would mount smilingly to the gallows and refuse even to allow their eyes to be bandaged.”

“So long as we fear the outside world, we must cease to think of Swaraj.”