Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma—applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa,—is now used worldwide. He is also called Bapuin India. In common parlance in India he is often called Gandhiji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth2 October 1869
CityPortbandar, India
CountryIndia
If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.
We are too near the scene of tragedy to realize that this canker or untouchability has traveled far beyond its prescribed limits and has sapped the very foundation of the whole nation.
My national service is part of my training for freeing my soul from the bondage of the flesh.
Between the two, the nationalist and the imperialist, there is no meeting ground.
Nationalism, like virtue, has its own reward.
National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being.
I do regard spinning and weaving as a necessary part of any national system of education.
My nationalism, fierce though it is, is not exclusive, is not devised to harm any nation or individual.
Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.
Violent nationalism, otherwise known as imperialism, is a curse.
Non-co-operation is the quickest method of creating public opinion.
Non-co-operation is protest against an unwitting and unwilling participation in evil.
Non-co-operation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.
Non-co-operation is a nation's determination to improve.