Though we are politically free, we are hardly free from the subtle domination of the West.
A slave has not the freedom even to do the right thing.
A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.
They might kill me but they cannot kill Gandhism. If truth can be killed, Gandhism can be killed.
There is already enough superstition in our country. No effort should be spared to resist further addition in the shape of Gandhi worship.
Was it that you wanted to pull my leg by transporting me to the frozen Himalayan heights of ‘mahatmaship’ and claiming for yourself absolution from having to follow my precepts?
A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.
Government of the people by the people and for the people cannot be conducted at the bidding of one man, however great he may be.
I have not hesitated to call the system of Government under which we are labouring ‘satanic’ and I withdraw naught out of it.
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.
Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.
The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest.
Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it.
The hater hates not for the sake of hatred but because he wants to drive away from his country the hated being or beings.
Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.
Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.
Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help.
When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.
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.
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.