Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with force?

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

Peace with a cudgel in hand is war.

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

A union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets … has no charm for me.

I am too realistic to believe in pacifism. But, nevertheless, the use of force should always be the last resort.

Repel force by force

The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of limited resources that it is commonly employed only by small children and great nations.

The South does not understand anything but the language of the gun.

You may not like to go to war, but war will come to you.

What I have learned about Afghanistan is that force carries more weight than anything else.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions ... but by iron and blood.

A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.

There are only two means by which men can deal with one another: guns or logic. Force or persuasion. Those who know that they cannot win by means of logic, have always resorted to guns.

It’s not only time to It is time not to take force off the table… It is time to put force on the table and use it

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue and thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence never solves anything, I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The Ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more disputes in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.

War is always an option. Peace is not.

War is the continuation of politics." In this sense war is politics and war itself is political action.... It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

There is a difference between myself and some of the peace people in Europe: whereas they think that the ultimate evil in the world is war, I think the ultimate evil in the world is aggression, and aggression sometimes must be repelled by force.