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
Buddha emphasized and re-declared the eternal and unalterable existence of the moral government of this universe. He unhesitatingly said that the law was God Himself.
Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.
No matter what the cause was and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil disturbances.
I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability which is amazing and he seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed.
Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government.
It is the function of God Rama to destroy evil, wherever it occurs and it is equally the function of God Rama to give to his devotees like Bibhishana a free charter of irrevocable self-government.
Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it.
The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest.
Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.
Under my plan, the state will be there to carry out the will of the people, not to dictate to them or to force them to do its will.
I have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring 'satanic' and I withdraw naught out of it.
A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.
People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.
Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.