Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa,—is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapuin India. In common parlance in India he is often called Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 October 1869
CityPortbandar, India
CountryIndia
Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning a livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.
The sole aim of journalism should be service.
Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."
I would like to say that that even the teachings of the Koran cannot be exempted from criticism.
A perfect Muslim is he from whose tongue and hands mankind is safe.
The early Mussalmans accepted Islam not because they knew it to be revealed but because it appealed to their virgin reason.
Surely Islam has nothing to fear from criticism even if it be unreasonable.
We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if it will not mend.
The fire of independence is burning just as bright in my breast as in the most fiery breast in this country, but ways and methods differ.
When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.
Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help.
Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.
The hater hates not for the sake of hatred but because he wants to drive away from his country the hated being or beings.
Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it.