Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922)

Mahatma Gandhi · 22 Nov 1909

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The law of love is the law of life; departing from it leads to disintegration

Their wordsSatyagrah—the law of love is the Law of life. Departure from it leads to disintegration. A firm adherence to it leads to regeneration.

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The law of love is the law of life; departing from it leads to disintegration

Their wordsSatyagrah—the law of love is the Law of life. Departure from it leads to disintegration. A firm adherence to it leads to regeneration.
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Railways and hospitals are not a test of high civilization and are at best a necessary evil

Their wordsNeither railways nor hospitals are a test of a high and pure civilization. At best they are a necessary evil.
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Self-rule that copies English institutions without the English would only make India English

Their wordsYou want the tiger's nature, but not the tiger; that is to say, you would make India English, and when it becomes English, it will be called not Hindustan but Englistan. This is not the Swaraj that I want.
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India is being crushed less by English rule than by modern civilization

Their wordsIt is my deliberate opinion that India is being ground down not under the English heel but under that of modern civilization.
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People of different religions living in India do not stop it from being one nation

Their wordsIndia cannot cease to be one nation because people belonging to different religions live in it. The introduction of foreigners does not necessarily destroy the nation, they merge in it.
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Civilization is the conduct that shows people their duty, and doing one's duty is the same as being moral

Their wordsCivilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty. Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.
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Self-rule means learning to rule ourselves, so it lies within our own reach

Their wordsIt is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves. It is therefore in the palm of our hands.
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Means and ends are as inseparably connected as a seed and the tree it grows into

Their wordsThe means may be likened to a seed, the end to a tree; and there is just the same inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree.
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Passive resistance secures rights through personal suffering and is the opposite of armed resistance

Their wordsPassive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms.
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Machinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization and represents a great sin

Their wordsMachinery is the chief symbol of modern civilization; it represents a great sin.

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