A country that is governed by its national army can never be morally free and, therefore, its so-called weakest member can never rise to his full moral height.
Whatever may be the pros and cons of going to the public theatre, it is a patent fact that it has undermined the morals and ruined the character of many a youth in his country.
I have not lost the hope that the masses will refuse to bow to the Moloch of war but they will rely upon their own capacity for suffering to save their country’s honour.
Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonours womanhood.
If we weep for all the deaths in our country, the tears in our eyes would never dry.
The aim of university education should be to turn out true servants of the people who will live and die for the country’s freedom.
All education in a country has got to be demonstrably in promotion of the progress of the country in which it is given.
We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries.
There is already enough superstition in our country. No effort should be spared to resist further addition in the shape of Gandhi worship.
The hater hates not for the sake of hatred but because he wants to drive away from his country the hated being or beings.
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.
A journalist’s peculiar function is to read the mind of the country and to give definite and fearless expression to that mind.
Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.
I have pinned my faith to the spinning wheel. On it, I believe, the salvation of this country depends.
My heart rebels against any foreigner imposing on my country the peace which is here called Pax-Britannica.
The Britisher is the top dog and the Indian the underdog in his own country.
God has enabled me to affect the life of the country since 1920 without the necessity of office.
I hold too that whatever may be true of other countries, a bloody revolution will not succeed in India.
All I want to say, with the utmost emphasis at my command, is that the description of India as a military country is wrong.