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'''Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi''' (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil-rights and freedom and non-violence across the world. | |||
He ate simple [[vegetarian]] food, and also undertook long fasts as a means of both self-purification and social protest. | |||
He joined the [[London Vegetarian Society]] and was elected to its executive committee. | |||
== Quotes on the treatment of animals == | |||
* "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" | |||
* “To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.” | |||
* "I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind" | |||
* "The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork." | |||
* "It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet" | |||
* "I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants." | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[List of vegetarians]] | * [[List of vegetarians]] | ||
== Links == | |||
* https://www.petaindia.com/blog/mahatma-gandhi-quotes-on-animals/ | |||
[[Category:Vegetarians]] | |||
Latest revision as of 01:47, 5 March 2020
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil-rights and freedom and non-violence across the world.
He ate simple vegetarian food, and also undertook long fasts as a means of both self-purification and social protest.
He joined the London Vegetarian Society and was elected to its executive committee.
Quotes on the treatment of animals
- "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated"
- “To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.”
- "I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind"
- "The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork."
- "It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet"
- "I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants."