Bhagat Singh Quotes


Force when aggressively applied is "violence" and is, therefore, morally unjustifiable, but when it is used in the furtherance of a legitimate cause, it has its moral justification. The elimination of force at all costs in Utopian.


Citations

Singh, Bhagat, and Batukeshwar Dutt. "Statement in the Sessions Court." The Jail Notebook and Other Writings, edited by Chaman Lal, LeftWord Books, 2007, p. 74.

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The force used by the British in Massachusetts backfired in that after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, each of the colonies held meetings and most were not only supportive of resistance but as in this case, advocated violent resistance. The Revolution was on.


Bhagat Singh
Bhagat Singh
  • Born: September 27, 1907
  • Died: March 23, 1931
  • Nationality: British Raj
  • Profession: Activist

Bhagat Singh was an Indian socialist revolutionary whose two acts of dramatic violence against the British in India and execution at age 23 made him a folk hero of the Indian independence movement.