"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Mind of Mahatma Gandhi
(Encyclopedia of Gandhi's Thoughts)
Compiled by Prabhu & Rao
(Courtesy of mahatma.org.in)
- Mahatma Gandhi
Mind of Mahatma Gandhi
(Encyclopedia of Gandhi's Thoughts)
Compiled by Prabhu & Rao
(Courtesy of mahatma.org.in)
"Do or Die"
-Mahatma Gandhi's call to the nation on the launching of the Quit India Movement, 1942
(Courtesy mkgandhi.org)
-Mahatma Gandhi's call to the nation on the launching of the Quit India Movement, 1942
(Courtesy mkgandhi.org)
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"... one has access to arms,
one has the opportunity to retaliate with violence but then... the use of violence is something that one should not take course to." - Dr. Vinay Lal, Historian and Professor at UCLA |
"The 'Quit India' Speech"
{"Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. at Bombay on 8-8-42 outlining his plan of action, in Hindustani, as follows"}
"...Ours is not a drive for power, but purely a nonviolent fight for India’s independence.
...I believe that in the history of the world, there has not been a more genuinely democratic struggle for freedom than ours. In the democracy which I have envisaged, a democracy established by nonviolence, there will be equal freedom for all.
...I know the British Government will not be able to withhold freedom from us, when we have made enough self-sacrifice. We must, therefore, purge ourselves of hatred."
(Courtesy mkgandhi.org)
{"Gandhiji addressed the A.I.C.C. at Bombay on 8-8-42 outlining his plan of action, in Hindustani, as follows"}
"...Ours is not a drive for power, but purely a nonviolent fight for India’s independence.
...I believe that in the history of the world, there has not been a more genuinely democratic struggle for freedom than ours. In the democracy which I have envisaged, a democracy established by nonviolence, there will be equal freedom for all.
...I know the British Government will not be able to withhold freedom from us, when we have made enough self-sacrifice. We must, therefore, purge ourselves of hatred."
(Courtesy mkgandhi.org)
Quit India Movement
(Courtesy of GandhiServe) |
"...to have your rights is to be responsible."
- Dr. Nico Slate, Historian and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University |
Winning Swaraj with Ahimsa
India gained freedom on August 15, 1947. Mahatma Gandhi led the nation on the path of Ahimsa by repeatedly veering it away from violence , and thus gave the world a practical example of exercising rights responsibly.
India gained freedom on August 15, 1947. Mahatma Gandhi led the nation on the path of Ahimsa by repeatedly veering it away from violence , and thus gave the world a practical example of exercising rights responsibly.