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Through The Deliverance Of India, I Seek To Deliver The So-called Weaker Races Of The Earth From The Crushing Heels Of Western Exploitation In Which England Is The Greatest Partner.

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Through The Deliverance Of

Mahatma Gandhi

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Through The Deliverance Of India, I Seek To Deliver The So-called Weaker Races Of The Earth From The Crushing Heels Of Western Exploitation In Which England Is The Greatest Partner.

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We No Longer Have A Choice Between Violence And Non-violence. The Choice Of Today Stands Between Nonviolence Or Non-existence.

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Forgive And Forget, But Never Forget To Forgive. You May Find A Happier Heart Is The Key To A Happier Life.

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Prayer From The Heart Can Achieve What Nothing Else Can In The World.

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Imperfect Men Have No Right To Judge Other Imperfect Men.

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Because No One Sees The Truth Does Not Make It Untrue.

No Culture Can Live If It Attempts To Be Exclusive.

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Glory Lies In The Attempt To Reach One's Goal And Not In Reaching It.

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It Needs More Than A Heart Of Oak To Shed All Fear Except The Fear Of God.

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Self-sacrifice Of One Innocent Man Is A Million Times More Potent Than The Sacrifice Of A Million Men Who Die In The Act Of Killing Others.

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Fearlessness Presupposes Calmness And Peace Of Mind.

If It Is Possible For The Human Tongue To Give The Fullest Description Of God, I Have Come To The Conclusion That God Is Truth.

If I Did Not Have A Sense Of Humor, I Would Have Long Ago Killed Myself.

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A Successful Search For Truth Means Complete Deliverance From The Dual Throng, Such As Of Love And Hate, Happiness And Misery.

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Let No One Charge Me With Ever Having Abused Or Encouraged Weakness Or Surrendered On Matters Of Principle. But I Have Said, As I Say Again, That Every Trifle Must Not Be Dignified Into A Principle.

Adaptability Is Not Imitation. It Means Power Of Resistance And Assimilation.

Man Often Becomes What He Believes Himself To Be.

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I Must Say That, Beyond Occasionally Exposing Me To Laughter, My Constitutional Shyness Has Been No Dis-advantage Whatever. In Fact I Can See That, On The Contrary, It Has Been All To My Advantage.

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He Who Runs May See That Opium And Such Other Intoxicants And Narcotics Stupefy A Man's Soul And Reduce Him To A Level Lower Than That Of Beasts.

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