India Quotes - Page 15

• I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Order, Arms, Should

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.53, Courier Corporation

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• I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Midst, States, Drunkards

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.155, Rajpal & Sons

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• I want India to come into her own and that state cannot be better defined by any single word than Swaraj.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Want, States, Single Word

  Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.99, Hackett Publishing

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• To gain India's freedom, the capacity for suffering must go hand in hand with the capacity for ceaseless labour.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Hands, Suffering, Gains

  Mahatma Gandhi (1977). “Collected Works”

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• I want for India complete independence in the full English sense of that English term.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Independence, Want, Term

  Mahatma Gandhi (1974). “Collected Works”

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• I am wedded to India because I owe my all to her.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.96, A&C Black

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• I hold too that whatever may be true of other countries, a bloody revolution will not succeed in India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Country, May, Succeed

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

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• The cottage industry of India had to perish in order that Lancashire might flourish.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Order, Cottages, Might

  Mahatma Gandhi (1942). “Quit India”

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• If as a member of a slave nation I could deliver the suppressed classes from their slavery without freeing myself from my own, I would do so today. But it is an impossible task.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Class, Tasks, Slavery

  Mahatma Gandhi (2014). “Freedom's Battle: Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation”, p.113, The Floating Press

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• All I want to say, with the utmost emphasis at my command, is that the description of India as a military country is wrong.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Country, Military, Want

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• It is my unshakable belief that India's destiny is to deliver the message of nonviolence to mankind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Destiny, Messages, Belief

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• Indian nationalism is not exclusive, nor aggressive, nor destructive.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Aggressive, Destructive, Exclusive

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.116, A&C Black

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• Urbanization in India is a slow but sure death for her villages and villagers.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Urbanization, Village

  Mahatma Gandhi (1974). “Collected Works”

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• If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Military, Real, Looks

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• My nationalism is as broad as my swadeshi, I want India's rise so that the whole world may benefit.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Benefits, World, May

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “My Picture of Free India”

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• The unparalleled extravagance of English rule has demented the rajas and the maharajas who, unmindful of consequences, ape it and grind their subjects to dust.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Dust, Extravagance, Apes

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.153, Oxford University Press

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• Nations need to understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and India's tradition of dissent and democratic debate is a positive aspect.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Weakness, Needs, Debate

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• Nonviolent non-co-operators can only succeed when they have succeeded in attaining control over the hooligans of India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Succeed, Operators

  Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.32, Hackett Publishing

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• 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

  Expression, Humanity, Unity

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.103, Rajpal & Sons

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• The mentality which made one section of the Indians look upon another as enemies was suicidal; it could only serve to perpetuate their slavery.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Suicidal, Enemy, Slavery

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• Nothing depends upon the death of an individual, be he ever so great, but much depends upon the freedom of India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Individual, Depends

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• The whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Home, Matter, Whole

  Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Communal Unity”

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• The states can make the finest contribution to the building of India's future independence if they set the right example in their own territories.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Independence, Territory, Example

  Mahatma Gandhi (1993). “Gandhi on Nehru”

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• It is the absolute right of India to misgovern herself.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Absolutes

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Startups are the engines of exponential growth, manifesting the power of innovation. Several big companies today are startups of yesterday. They were born with a spirit of enterprise and adventure kept alive due to hardwork and perseverance and today have become shining beacons of innovation.

  Narendra Modi

  Perseverance, Adventure, Technology

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