Quotes & Sayings About Freedom By Mahatma Gandhi

The right to err, which means the freedom to try experiments, is the universal condition of all progress. — Mahatma Gandhi

And so it's interesting to remember that when Mahatma Gandhi, the father of an earlier freedom movement, came to England and was asked what he thought of English civilization, he replied: 'I think it would be a good idea. — Salman Rushdie

If any Englishman dedicated his life to securing the freedom of India, resisting tyranny and serving the land, I should welcome that Englishman as an Indian. — Mahatma Gandhi

The external freedom won't be given to us but in the exact measure as we've known at a given moment, to developing our internal freedom. — Mahatma Gandhi

For every Christian feels the same, however vaguely he may do so. Socialism, Communism, Anarchism' Salvation Armies, the growth of crime, freedom from toil, the increasingly absurd luxury of the rich and increased misery of the poor, the fearfully rising number of suicides-are all indications of that inner contradiction which must and will be resolved. And, of course, resolved in such a manner that the law of love will be recognized and all reliance on force abandoned. — Mahatma Gandhi

In the 1960s Martin Luther King Jr. devised a creative strategy of engagement that has since been adapted to many causes. He fused together the power of love as described in the Sermon on the Mount and Mahatma Gandhi's method of nonviolent resistance. "Prior to reading Gandhi," he said, "I had about concluded that the ethics of Jesus were only effective in individual relationships." Gandhi showed him that a movement on behalf of a moral cause could be expressed in a loving way. "I came to feel that this was the only morally and practically sound method open to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom. — Philip Yancey

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. — Mahatma Gandhi

Study men laying down their lives without hurting anyone else in the cause of their country's freedom. — Mahatma Gandhi

No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom. — Mahatma Gandhi

There is nothing but nonviolence to fall back upon for retaining our freedom, even as we had to do for gaining it. — Mahatma Gandhi

India's freedom will not be won by violence but only by the purest suffering without retaliation. — Mahatma Gandhi

There is no road to freedom, freedom is the road. — Mahatma Gandhi

There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment. — Mahatma Gandhi

The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought. — Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live. — Haile Selassie

Nanda broke down every barrier and won his way to freedom not by brag, not by bluster, but by the purest form of self-suffering. — Mahatma Gandhi

The force generated by nonviolence is infinitely greater than the force of all the arms created by man's ingenuity. — Mahatma Gandhi

Though we are politically free, we are hardly free from the subtle domination of the West. — Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom from all attachment is the realization of God as Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day. — Mahatma Gandhi

I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence. — Mahatma Gandhi

Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion. — Mahatma Gandhi

They have no business administering government policies in a country that favors freedom and equality ... Can you imagine having the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as defense minister, or Mahatma Gandhi as minister of health, education, and welfare The Hindu and Buddhist idea of karma and the Muslim idea of kismet, or fate condemn the poor and the disabled to their suffering ... It's the will of Allah. These beliefs are nothing but abject fatalism, and they would devastate the social gains this nation has made if they were ever put into practice. — Pat Robertson

Freedom of a nation cannot be won by solitary acts of heroism though they may be of the true type, never by heroism so called. — Mahatma Gandhi

There is every reason for being cautious about founding new universities till India has digested Her newly acquired freedom. — Mahatma Gandhi

My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest ... no country in the world today shows any but patronizing regard for the weak ... Western democracy, as it functions today, is diluted fascism ... true democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the center. It has to be worked from below, by the people of every village. — Mahatma Gandhi

Khadi to me is the symbol of unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality and, therefore, ultimately, in the poetic expression of Jawaharlal Nehru, 'the livery of India's freedom'. — Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom battles are not fought without paying heavy prices. — Mahatma Gandhi

No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness. — Mahatma Gandhi

Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate. — Mahatma Gandhi

Woman in the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacities. She has the right to participate in the minutest details in the activities of man, and she has equal right to liberty of freedom and liberty with him. — Mahatma Gandhi

The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a given moment. And if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving reform from within. — Mahatma Gandhi

I would not sell the vital interests of the untouchables for the sake of winning the freedom of India. — Mahatma Gandhi

I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my freedom, in order to show you how deeply I care. Because when you see the depth of my concern, and how civil I am in going about this, you're bound to change your mind about me, to abandon your rigid, unjust position, and to let me help you see the truth of my cause. — Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest. — Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi never compromised on cleanliness. He gave us freedom. We should give him a clean India. — Narendra Modi

The bomb-throwers have discredited the cause of freedom, in whose name they threw the bombs. — Mahatma Gandhi

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself. — Mahatma Gandhi

I well remember how the thoughts I had up to the time of my discharge from the jail on every occasion were modified immediately after discharge, and after getting first-hand information myself. Somehow or other the jail atmosphere does not allow you to have all the bearings in your mind. — Mahatma Gandhi

A slave has not the freedom even to do the right thing. — Mahatma Gandhi

Through realization of freedom of India, I hope to realize and carry on the mission of brotherhood of man. — Mahatma Gandhi

Before [Hindus and Moslems] dare think of freedom, they must be brave enough to love one another, to tolerate one another's religion, even prejudices and superstitions, and to trust one another. This requires faith in oneself. — Mahatma Gandhi