Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Nationalism

• Hatred is not essential for nationalism. Race hatred will kill the real national spirit.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Race, Hatred

  Mahatma Gandhi (1993). “Gandhi on Nehru”

• Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Civilized, Corporate, Nations

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

• A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Flags, Development, Spirit

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

• That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Pillow, Nations, Nationalism

  Mahatma Gandhi (2014). “Indian Home Rule”, p.77, The Floating Press

• National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Nations, Conditions, Nationalism

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• Violent nationalism, otherwise known as imperialism, is a curse.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Imperialism, Violent, Curse

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

• My nationalism, fierce though it is, is not exclusive, is not devised to harm any nation or individual.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fierce, Individual, Harm

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.18, Rajpal & Sons

• I do regard spinning and weaving as a necessary part of any national system of education.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Weaving, Spinning, Regard

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

• Nationalism, like virtue, has its own reward.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Rewards, Virtue, Nations

• My nationalism is as broad as my swadeshi, I want India's rise so that the whole world may benefit.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  India, Benefits, World

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “My Picture of Free India”

• Indian nationalism is not exclusive, nor aggressive, nor destructive.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  India, Aggressive, Destructive

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.116, A&C Black

• My love of nationalism is that my country may become free, and if need be, the whole of the country die, so that the human race may live.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Love, Country, Race

• A nation that is unfit to fight cannot, from experience, prove the virtue of not fighting.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fighting, Virtue, Prove

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.105, Tara Publishing

• We must break through the provincial crust if we are to reach the core of all-India nationalism.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Break Through, India, Ifs

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.205, Rajpal & Sons

• We are too near the scene of tragedy to realize that this canker or untouchability has traveled far beyond its prescribed limits and has sapped the very foundation of the whole nation.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Tragedy, Limits, Foundation

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

• No nation keeps another in subjection without herself turning into a subject nation.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Subjects, Nations, Subjection

• I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Violence, Nations, Ifs

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

• My national service is part of my training for freeing my soul from the bondage of the flesh.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Soul, Training, Flesh

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.5, Oxford University Press

• Nations are not formed in a day, the formation requires years.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Years, Nations, Formation

  Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Hind Swaraj”, p.20, Rajpal & Sons

• If every component part of the nation claims the right of self-determination for itself, there is no one nation and there is no independence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Determination, Self, Independence

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Tutelage, Operations, Satisfied

  Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.164, Tara Publishing

• Between the two, the nationalist and the imperialist, there is no meeting ground.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Two, Meetings, Nations

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Bravery, Cowardice, Unworthy

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• A society or a nation constructed nonviolently must be able to withstand attack upon its structure from without or within.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Able, Structure, Nations

  Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.134, Hackett Publishing

• No country can become a nation by producing a race of imitators.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Country, Race, Nations

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.164, Rajpal & Sons

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