“ A nation will truly enjoy freedom only when in the process of winning or defending its freedom, it has been purified and consolidated through and through, until liberty has become a part of its very soul. ”
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 | freedom liberty |
| Date | 1922 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10366/10366-h/10366-h.htm |
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“But it is a stable possession only when it is acquired by a nation's strenuous effort. What is not by chance or outward circumstance, or given by the generous impulse of a tyrant prince or people is not a reality. A nation will truly enjoy freedom only when in the process of winning or defending its freedom, it has been purified and consolidated through and through, until liberty has become a part of its very soul. Otherwise it would be but a change of the form of government, which might please the fancy of politicians, or satisfy the classes in power, but could never emancipate a people. An Act of Parliament can never create citizens in Hindustan.”
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