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GREAT THOUGHTS OF MAHATMA GANDHI

many thousands. Only then can we attain a status in the world that shall not be surpassed by any nation.

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Petitions will have value, when the nation has behind it the power to enforce its will.

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I do not believe in armed risings. They are a remedy worse than the disease sought to be cured. They are a token of the spirit of revenge and impatience and anger. The method of violence cannot do good in the long run.

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We have a better method. Unlike that of violence it certainly involves the exercise of restraint and patience; but it requires also resoluteness of will.

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Most people choose rather to yield to the

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