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I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. -- Abdurrahman Wahid
Everybody knows who Gandhi is. Who knows Jesse Stone? -- Jesse Stone
Not everyone likes sports. Gandhi and Malcolm X come to mind. -- Jay Mohr
Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance. -- Al Sharpton
If entertainment years were dog years, man, I'd be like Gandhi. I'd be, like, 250 years old. -- Justin Timberlake
The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi are our star campaigners. Our party will fight under their leadership. -- Jitin Prasada
I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive. -- Madonna Ciccone
I think I would love to have dinner with Gandhi; Jesus Christ; Mother Theresa; Ingrid Newkirk, the president of PETA; and Madonna. -- Jane Velez-Mitchell
Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and confusion. -- Stafford Cripps
I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process. -- Edward James Olmos
God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God's children and their different faiths help us to realize the immensity of God. -- Desmond Tutu
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you. -- Marian Wright Edelman
I don't believe in anarchy, because it will ultimately amount to the power of the bully, with weapons. Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max. -- John Lydon
From time to time, you have seminal personalities who really change the way the world sees itself - people like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela. Warren Buffett is that kind of person in the business world. -- Guy Spier
There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in our society who have never held office and made a difference. -- Dennis Kucinich
I have a strong spiritual life. I can't say that I have faith that Jesus is my Savior, but I look at Jesus in the same way that I look at, you know, Mohammed. He was giving everyone the goods. So was Gandhi. -- Woody Harrelson
The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela - they're all inspirational religious leaders and smart tacticians. It would be nice to find the Muslim Gandhi, wouldn't it? -- Dennis C. Blair
One was a book I read by Mahatma Gandhi. In it was a passage where he said that religion, the pursuing of the inner journey, should not be separated from the pursuing of the outer and social journey, because we are not isolated beings. -- Satish Kumar
We're trained to see the world in terms of charismatic organizations and charismatic people. That's who we look to for leadership and change, for transformation. We're awaiting the next J.F.K., the next Martin Luther King, the next Gandhi, the next Nelson Mandela. -- Paul Hawken
Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity. -- Ricky Martin
It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think. -- Rahul Gandhi
I can't play Mahatma Gandhi. -- Kabir Bedi
Where is the Palestinian Gandhi? -- Julia Bacha
Gandhi: Ninny of the 20th Century. -- Ralph E. Reed, Jr.
If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I'm a very gentle man, not unlike Gandhi. -- Joss Whedon
Jesus-murdered. Martin Luther King-murdered. Gandhi-murdered. Malcolm X-murdered. Reagan-wounded. -- Bill Hicks
Marshall took nonviolence a step further - beyond Gandhi. -- Johan Galtung
From my Christian formation've gotten my ideals and technique Gandhi action -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christ furnished the spirit and motivation while Gandhi furnished the method. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is no one to talk to since Mahatma Gandhi died. -- Vladimir Putin
In the wise words of Mahatma Gandhi: have a sense of humor. -- Drew Chadwick
Gandhi was a David with no material weapon.. not even a slingshot. -- Victoria Moran
Passivity can be a provoking modus operandi; Consider the Empire and Gandhi. -- Ogden Nash
[ Rajiv Gandhi] was such an infinitely more attractive leader than his mother. -- Bob Hawke
Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody's permission to carry out the test in 1974? -- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Francesco Damiani punches with all the violence and bad intentions of Mahatma Gandhi. -- Jerry Izenberg
I have nothing to do with this pseudo-religious approach that Gandhi is advocating. -- Muhammad Ali Jinnah
There is no question in my mind: reading Gandhi's autobiography changed my life. -- Tom Regan
Gandhi felt fascinated at knowing Christ. He met Christians, and felt let down. -- Mother Teresa
Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world. -- Pankaj Mishra
Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians. -- Pope John Paul II
I believe [ Rajiv Gandhi] had a real sense that he would be assassinated. -- Bob Hawke
Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example. -- N. R. Narayana Murthy
Gandhi, who went to Wendy's and asked, Where's the belief? Never got a dinner! -- Red Buttons
If it was not for Rajiv Gandhi, urbanization in India would have been history. -- Kushal Pal Singh
If you tear open our heart, you will only see Rahul Gandhi...like Hanuman -- Pramod Tiwari
My wife is a saint. She's Gandhi. She walks around in diapers and won't eat. -- Bob Saget
Bapu Gandhi said, â??All religions are true.' I just want to love God. -- Yann Martel
Joe Lelyveld told me just now that Gandhi and MussoliniActually met. What an extraordinary thought. -- Frederick Seidel
The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere following Gandhi's assassination. -- Jawaharlal Nehru
If entertainment years were dog years, man, Id be like Gandhi. Id be like 250 years old. -- Justin Timberlake
People ask me what book politicians should read. They should read the life of Mahatma Gandhi. -- Marina Abramovic
Money isn't the most important thing. It is important, of course. I am not Mahatma Gandhi. -- Jurgen Klopp
This is the philosophy of nonviolence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa. -- Malala Yousafzai
Mahatma Gandhi never compromised on cleanliness. He gave us freedom. We should give him a clean India. -- Narendra Modi
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Love all men as God, even if they hurt you or shame you. Be like Gandhi and Christ. -- Neem Karoli Baba
I had no time for Indira Gandhi. She was too much in the Russian camp for my liking. -- Bob Hawke
Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden. -- N. R. Narayana Murthy
Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live. -- Haile Selassie
I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Humility has tremendous power. Think of Gandhi. That was humility in action. He changed the shape of an entire nation. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
I came from a very intellectual neighborhood. When we played cowboys and Indians as kids, I had to be Gandhi. -- Robert Frost
I and others may be revolutionaries but we are disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, directly or indirectly, nothing more nothing less. -- Ho Chi Minh
By the time Gandhi met Muhammad Ali in Delhi in April 1915it was, Gandhi said, 'love at first sight.' -- Joseph Lelyveld
He ran a gas station down in St. Louis... No, Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader of the 20th century. -- Hillary Clinton
Only two people have been on the cover of Time Magazine in bare feet. I'm one, the other is Gandhi. -- Marc Andreessen
India is the land of Buddha and Gandhi. Equal respect for all religions must be in the DNA of every Indian. -- Narendra Modi
I feel Mahatma Gandhi's non-violence was for the intelligent, educated British.It was not for those who don't understand this language. -- Raj Thackeray
I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured. -- Kailash Satyarthi
We don't have politicians with dignity and morals. We never have, not since [Nelson] Mandela and [Mahatma ] Gandhi. It's really rare. -- Marina Abramovic
Gandhi, brought out of his semirural setting and given a Western-style education, initially attempted to become more English than the English. -- Pankaj Mishra
I am really honoured but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me I would have been more honoured -- Kailash Satyarthi
From Gandhi to Mandela, from the American patriot to the Polish shipbuilders, the makers of revolutions have not come from the top. -- Gary Hamel
Gandhi sacrificed India for his own fame and recognition. Without Gandhi, there would have been a different India; a very masculine one. -- M.F. Moonzajer
Generations to come will find it difficult to believe that a man such as Gandhi ever walked the face of this earth. -- Albert Einstein
I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India. -- Arthur L. Herman
Brian Mulroney, myself, [and] Rajiv Gandhi; I think that was the real core [of the Commonwealth ]. That was the engine room, I reckon. -- Bob Hawke
I sip the Dom P watching Gandhi til I'm charged - writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin -- Nas
If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect. -- Sharad Pawar
Sometimes I ask myself whether [Indira Gandhi] had, even then, a certain contempt for the system she represented and, years later, would overthrow. -- Oriana Fallaci
I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi. -- Paul Farmer
[Indira Gandhi] answered cautiously at first. Then she opened up like a flower and the conversation flowed along without obstacles, in mutual sympathy. -- Oriana Fallaci
In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru. -- Pranab Mukherjee
I'm not the most emotionally attuned guy in the world. My wife says that me writing about emotion is like Gandhi writing about gluttony. -- David Brooks
It's because Gandhi believed in villages and because the British ruled from the cities; therefore, Nehru thought of New Delhi as an un-Indian city. -- Nandan Nilekani
Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth. (said of Mahatma Gandhi) -- Albert Einstein
Gandhi was right: if we all live by 'an eye for an eye' the whole world will be blind. The only way out is forgiveness. -- Lewis B. Smedes
We know who left the country. And many were Bengalis from West Bengal, sent from Calcutta. It was she who sent them - Mrs.[Indira] Gandhi. -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Like Gandhi, like the Buddha, like all great spiritual teachers, Easwaran had no use for beliefs unless they generated actions. Doing, not saying, is what counts. -- Eknath Easwaran
I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that runs deep. -- Mamata Banerjee
In 'Healing the Soul of America,' I wrote about Gandhi's notion of soul force in politics and why it matters to stand on your truth. -- Marianne Williamson
The Government of India had imprisoned Mr. Gandhi and they had been sitting outside his cell door begging him to help them out of their difficulties. -- Winston Churchill
Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie? -- Albert Einstein
There have been many instances of people combining the political life with the spiritual life, a life of constant self-examination. Gandhi was a great example of that. -- Pankaj Mishra
Gandhi saw how people have to re-think their own individuality before engaging in political activity. Otherwise they're just playing the game that the adversary has set out. -- Pankaj Mishra
Beware of generalizations about any faith because they sometimes amount to the religious equivalent of racial profiling. Hinduism contained both Gandhi and the fanatic who assassinated him. -- Nicholas Kristof
I like the idea that [Mahatma] Gandhi is appearing now in an opera hall in all these different places, and people kind of think about it again. -- Philip Glass
Individuals who are really inspirational are always what changes history. Gandhi had a bunch of good ideas, and he led a non - violent revolution that transformed India. -- Daniel Pinchbeck
I'd like to believe there's a little of Hitler and Napoleon in me. Even if I try, I can't be as selfless as Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa. -- Shah Rukh Khan
I am seeing that Gandhi is looking through these specs that whether we have made India clean or not, what we have done and what we have done. -- Narendra Modi
...wearing a turban of yellow, signifying knowledge, and a robe of purple, portraying purity and activity, Virchand Gandhi of Bombay delivered a lecture on the religions of India.... -- The New York Times
On Gandhi: Don't ever forget, that we were not lead by a saint with his head in clouds, but by a master tactician with his feet on the ground. -- Shashi Tharoor
Jesus lived and died in vain if He did not teach us to regulate the whole of life by the eternal law of love. Gandhi, quoted in Merton, p. 38 -- Thomas Merton
It is my belief that the problem of bringing peace to the world on a supranational basis will be solved only by employing Gandhi's method on a larger scale. -- Albert Einstein
Gandhi said the end is inherent in the means, which means you cannot create any more peace than you yourself have attained. An angry generation will not bring peace. -- Marianne Williamson
Don't wait for a Gandhi, don't wait for a King, don't wait for a Mandela. You are your own Mandela, you are your own Gandhi, you are your own King. -- Leymah Gbowee
Of course Mahatma Gandhi you might say did not have so much physical vigor but he certainly seemed to have extraordinary resistance, which perhaps is rather different from physical vigor. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Mrs. [Indira] Gandhi can rightly boast of having won a war, but if she won it, she should first of all thank Yahya Khan and his gang of illiterate psychopaths. -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
When Attenborough asked me to do Gandhi it was almost like stepping off one boat and stepping on to another, even though both boats are going at 60 miles per hour. -- Ben Kingsley
Although millions of Americans purr with pastel delusions of Mohandas K. Gandhi, those who actually live in the scrawny crank's homeland struggle to throw off the painful aftermath of his quackery. -- Emmett Tyrrell
And when Hugh would grow progressively Gandhi on me, I'd remind him that these were pests---disease carriers who feasted upon the dead and then came indoors to dance upon our silverware. -- David Sedaris
Laurel and Hardy, that's John and Yoko. And we stand a better chance under that guise because all the serious people like Martin Luther King and Kennedy and Gandhi got shot. -- John Lennon
I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession. -- Nafisa Joseph
For me, Lincoln is like just a handful of people - a Gandhi, or a Picasso, or a Martin Luther King Jr. - who is an original and captures something essential. -- Barack Obama
He [Gandhi] was not one of those saints who are marked out by their phenomenal piety from childhood onwards, nor one of the other kind who forsake the world after sensational debaucheries. -- George Orwell
Truth can be a matter of perspective, but I also think there's a truth that exists, that there are laws to the universe the way Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King believed. -- Tom Shadyac

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