No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.
The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.
True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.
The voice of the people may be said to be God’s voice, the voice of the Panchayat.
A born democrat is a born disciplinarian.
A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.
A democratic organization has to dare to do the right at all costs.
A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.
Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.
Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.
Out of the performance of duties flow rights, and those that knew and performed their duties came naturally by their rights.
The true source of rights is duty.
A teetotaler would regard it as his duty to associate with his drunkard brother for the purpose of weaning him from the evil habit.
If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek.
A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt.
He who is ever brooding over result often loses nerve in the performance of his duty.
No people have risen who thought only of rights. Only those did so who thought of duties.
You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.
No displeasure, even of the dearest friends, can put me off the duty I see clearly in front of me.
Education in the understanding of citizenship is a short-term affair if we are honest and earnest.