“I must confess that Pattabhi’s defeat is my defeat. It has given me the greatest joy. It has lightened my burden and has given me a unique opportunity of testing my strength.” — Mahatma Gandhi, Harijan, 28 January 1939 (Context: Subhas Chandra Bose’s victory over Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya)
“Bhagat Singh and his comrades have been hanged. We mourn their death. But we cannot approve of their deed.” -Mahatma Gandhi’s statement after Bhagat Singh’s execution (1931). After Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were hanged on 23 March 1931, Mahatma Gandhi wrote in Young India (26 March 1931)
“The Jews should offer themselves to the butcher’s knife.” (1938) Context: Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany “The Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher’s knife.” (advocating non-violent resistance, not genocide) Source: Harijan, 26 November 1938