Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Justice

• Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Morning, Peace, Ill Will

  Gandhi (Mahatma) (1965). “Collected works”

• There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Justice, Court

  Mahatma Gandhi (1966). “Collected Works”

• Truth never damages a cause that is just.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Truth

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.47, New Directions Publishing

• Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Mean, Justice, Desire

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.106, Courier Corporation

• An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Law

  Mahatma Gandhi (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.88, New Directions Publishing

• Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; to me, the female sex is not the weaker sex.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Sex, Men, Evil

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.156, A&C Black

• It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, War, Congratulations

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.120, Courier Corporation

• No reform is possible unless some of the educated and the rich voluntarily accept the status of the poor, travel third, refuse to enjoy the amenities denied to the poor and, instead of taking avoidable hardships, discourtesies and injustice as a matter of course, fight for their removal.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fighting, Justice, Reform

  Mahatma Gandhi, General Press (2014). “My Experiments with Truth: An Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.578, GENERAL PRESS

• A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Justice, Diversity, Peaceful

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (2007). “Gandhi on Non-Violence”, p.40, New Directions Publishing

• Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, Odds, Justice

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Justice, Doe, Slumber

• Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Love, Heart, Compassion

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.197, Tara Publishing

• Non-cooperation is directed not against men but against measures. It is not directed against the Governors, but against the system they administer. The roots of non-cooperation lies not in hatred but in justice if not in love.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Lying, Struggle, Men

• God is always the upholder of justice.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Justice

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gandhigrams”

• A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Being Strong, Integrity, Men

  Mahatma Gandhi (1978). “Collected Works”

• Be the change you want to see.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

• God, who is the embodiment of Truth and Right and Justice, can never have sanctioned a religion or practice which regards one - fifth of our vast population as untouchables.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Practice, Justice

  Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “All Religions are True”

• It is impossible that God, who is the God of Justice, could have made the distinctions that men observe today in the name of religion.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Men, Names

  Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “All Religions are True”

• The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Justice, Firsts

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.77, A&C Black

• Even the dog is described by the poet to have received justice under Ramarajya.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Dog, Justice, Poet

  Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

• God of Truth and Justice can never create distinctions of high and low among His own children.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Children, Justice

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “None High: None Low”

• There are unjust laws as there are unjust men.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Law, Justice

• The only true resistance to this Government... [is] to cease to co-operate with it.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Government, Justice, Resistance

• Even a believer in nonviolence has to say between two combatants which is less bad or whose cause is just.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Two, Justice, Causes

  Mahatma Gandhi (1927). “Young India, 1924-1926”

• We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Party, Winning, Justice

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.71, Courier Corporation

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