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"When there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would…

Quote byMahatma Gandhi · 1869–1948

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Young India, 11 August 1920, in The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol. 21, p. 133..

English (original)

"When there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence… I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than to remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour."

— Mahatma Gandhi

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