“ We do not offer spotless sacrifice if we take the lives of others in offering our own. ”
Mahatma Gandhi, Freedom's Battle
Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation (1922). copy citation
| Author | Mahatma Gandhi |
|---|---|
| Source | Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation |
| Topic | sacrifice life |
| Date | 1922 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10366/10366-h/10366-h.htm |
Context
“But those of you who have been following the newspaper controversy, will find that no matter what division of opinion exists amongst our journals and leaders there is unanimity that the remedy is efficacious if it can be kept free from violence, and if it is adopted on a large scale. I admit the difficulty the virtue however lies in surmounting it. We cannot possibly combine violence with a spiritual weapon like non-co-operation. We do not offer spotless sacrifice if we take the lives of others in offering our own. Absolute freedom from violence is therefore it condition precedent to non-co-operation. But I have faith in my country to know that when it has assimilated the principle of the doctrine In the fullest extent, it will respond to it.”
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