An ornate silver sword lies across a wet moss-covered stone slab in a green forest.

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Hind Swaraj

Mahatma Gandhi

He who is free from hatred needs no sword.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

If you carry no hatred, you have no use for a weapon. Gandhi's line ties violence to the feelings behind it. A person free of hate simply has nothing left to fight for with a blade.

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