Gandhi was a deceptively clever
strategist whose frail, even saintly appearance constantly misled his
adversaries into underestimating him. Robert Greene
My study of Gandhi convinced me that
true pacifism is not nonresistance to evil, but nonviolent resistance to
evil. Between the two positions, there is a world of difference. Gandhi
resisted evil with as much vigor and power as the violent resister, but
True pacifism is not unrealistic submission to evil power. It is rather
a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love. Martin Luther
King Jr
Mahatma Gandhi is the greatest living
exponent of successful pacifism. He has demonstrated that pacifism in
action can be a force in world politics. It proved itself, that is to
say, a stronger instrument than the instrument of government by force
and oppression. Laurence Housman
In South Africa, his success was complete; in India it
was very considerable; and had his following been larger and more
uniformly nonviolent, his pacific instrument would have triumphed.
Laurence Housman
Dr. King used Gandhi‘s commitment to nonviolence and to passive resistance. Al Sharpton
On Gandhi after his assassination:
Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such a one as
this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth! Albert Einstein
Taken on the whole, I would believe that Gandhi‘s views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time. Albert Einstein
We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use
violence for fighting for our cause, but by non-participation of
anything you believe is evil. Albert Einstein
One feels of him that there was much he did not
understand, but not that there was anything that he was frightened of
saying or thinking. George Orwell
I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India. Arthur L. Herman
There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi
never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in our
society who have never held office and made a difference. Dennis
Kucinich
I believe that Gandhi was correct.
Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change
that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the
process. Edward James Olmos
I’m hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn
every day, to get brighter and brighter. That’s what this world is
about. You look at someone like Gandhi, and he glowed.
Martin Luther King glowed. Muhammad Ali glows. I think that’s from being
bright all the time, and trying to be brighter. Jay-Z
Nobody sensible voted for Thatcher. For me, in political
terms, the most admirable person and the most influential would have
been the philosophy of Gandhi. The ideology of passive
resistance worked and can work again and again. It is the exact opposite
of violence. A glorious conception. John Lydon
I don’t believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life’s inspiration: passive resistance. Johnny Rotten
Gandhi proved it is possible to fight for one’s people and win without for a moment losing the world’s respect. Albert Camus
I am really honoured but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me I would have been more honoured. Kailash Satyarthi (On winninng the Nobel Peace Prize)
I am very proud to be an Indian, a son of the soil where Mahatma Gandhi and Buddha were born and they were always the great inspiration for me, in my life. Kailash Satyarthi
I believe in Gandhi‘s philosophy of the
last man, that is, the bonded laborer is the last man in Indian society,
that we are here to liberate the last man. Kailash Satyarthi
As you may be well aware, marches and walks have been an integral part of our Indian tradition. Mahatma Gandhi marched several times to educate the people and also to learn something himself. Kailash Satyarthi
I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon… but I want to stay alive. Madonna Ciccone
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back – but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you. Marian Wright Edelman
I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession. Nafisa Joseph
In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. Pranab Mukherjee
One was a book I read by Mahatma Gandhi.
In it was a passage where he said that religion, the pursuing of the
inner journey, should not be separated from the pursuing of the outer
and social journey, because we are not isolated beings. Satish Kumar
Gandhi has asked that the British
Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to
settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and
confusion. Stafford Cripps
Gandhi has more recently recognized the
need for continuance of British, American and Chinese efforts in India
and has suggested that these troops might remain by agreement with some
new Indian Government. Stafford Cripps
Gandhi and Nehru liberated us. By
winning their freedom, they freed us from the ignorance and prejudice
that lay behind the myth of Britain’s imperial destiny. Tony Benn
