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I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor…

Quote byMahatma Gandhi · 1869–1948

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Doctrine Of The Sword (1920).

English (original)

I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment, forgiveness adorns a soldier.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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