Mahatma Gandhi
Leader of India's nonviolent independence movement (1869 to 1948); lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist; author of Hind Swaraj.
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Railways and hospitals are not a test of high civilization and are at best a necessary evil
Neither railways nor hospitals are a test of a high and pure civilization. At best they are a necessary evil.
gutenberg.orgSaid 26 Jan 1921This on korrents
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Railways and hospitals are not a test of high civilization and are at best a necessary evil
Neither railways nor hospitals are a test of a high and pure civilization. At best they are a necessary evil.
Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) Said 26 Jan 1921
The law of love is the law of life; departing from it leads to disintegration
Satyagrah—the law of love is the Law of life. Departure from it leads to disintegration. A firm adherence to it leads to regeneration.
Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) Said 28 May 1919
India is being crushed less by English rule than by modern civilization
It is my deliberate opinion that India is being ground down not under the English heel but under that of modern civilization.
Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) Said 22 Nov 1909
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Civilization is the conduct that shows people their duty, and doing one's duty is the same as being moral
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.
Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) Said 22 Nov 1909
Self-rule means learning to rule ourselves, so it lies within our own reach
It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves. It is therefore in the palm of our hands.
Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) Said 22 Nov 1909
Self-rule that copies English institutions without the English would only make India English
You want the tiger's nature, but not the tiger; that is to say, you would make India English, and when it becomes English, it will be called not Hindustan but Englistan. This is not the Swaraj that I want.
Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) Said 22 Nov 1909
Means and ends are as inseparably connected as a seed and the tree it grows into
The means may be likened to a seed, the end to a tree; and there is just the same inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree.
Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) Said 22 Nov 1909
Passive resistance secures rights through personal suffering and is the opposite of armed resistance
Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms.
Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) Said 22 Nov 1909
Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization and represents a great sin
Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.
Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) Said 22 Nov 1909
People of different religions living in India do not stop it from being one nation
India cannot cease to be one nation because people belonging to different religions live in it. The introduction of foreigners does not necessarily destroy the nation, they merge in it.
Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) Said 22 Nov 1909
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