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Civil Rights Leader Inspirational Quotes (1865)

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What is imprisonment to the man who is fearless of death itself?
Mahatma Gandhi
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I hold it a blasphemy to say that the Creator resides in a temple from which a particular class of His devotees sharing faith in it are excluded.
Mahatma Gandhi
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If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The Charkha is an outward symbol of truth and nonviolence.
Mahatma Gandhi
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True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I call God long-suffering and patient precisely because He permits evil in the world. I know that He has no evil in Him and yet if there is evil, He is the author of it and yet untouched by it.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
Mahatma Gandhi
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There is no such thing as 'Gandhism', and I do not want to leave any sect after me.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers.
Mahatma Gandhi
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If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
Mahatma Gandhi
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[I]t seems to me as clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime.
Mahatma Gandhi
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History is replete with instances of men, who, by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Out of the performance of duties flow rights, and those that knew and performed their duties came naturally by their rights.
Mahatma Gandhi
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War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.
Mahatma Gandhi
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If all were nonviolent, there would be no anarchy and there would be no question of anybody being armed for meeting aggression from without.
Mahatma Gandhi
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A soldier fights with an irresistible strength when he has blown up his bridges and burnt his boats. Even so, it is with a soldier of ahimsa.
Mahatma Gandhi
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A certain degree of physical harmony and comfort is necessary, but above a certain level it becomes a hindrance instead of a help. Therefore the ideal of creating an unlimited number of wants and satisfying them seems to be a delusion and a snare.
Mahatma Gandhi
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A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Love is needed to strengthen the weak love becomes tyrannical when it exacts obedience from an unbeliever.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The Bible is as much a book of religion with me as the Gita and the Koran.
Mahatma Gandhi
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One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.
Mahatma Gandhi
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When I see a cow, it is not an animal to eat, it is a poem of pity for me and I worship it and I shall defend its worship against the whole world.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Nonviolence abhors fear and therefore, secrecy.
Mahatma Gandhi
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God will not be God, if He allowed Himself to be the object of proof by His creatures.
Mahatma Gandhi
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