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Railways and hospitals are not a test of high civilization and are at best a necessary evilTheir words
Neither railways nor hospitals are a test of a high and pure civilization. At best they are a necessary evil.
Mahatma Gandhi
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26 January 1921
28 May 1919
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Satyagrah—the law of love is the Law of life. Departure from it leads to disintegration. A firm adherence to it leads to regeneration.
22 November 1909
From one piece Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922) 8 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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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.
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Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.
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Passive resistance secures rights through personal suffering and is the opposite of armed resistanceTheir words
Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms.
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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.
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Self-rule that copies English institutions without the English would only make India EnglishTheir words
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.
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It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves. It is therefore in the palm of our hands.
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Civilization is the conduct that shows people their duty, and doing one's duty is the same as being moralTheir words
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.
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It is my deliberate opinion that India is being ground down not under the English heel but under that of modern civilization.
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