Unfortunately, many people have the wrong idea about Gandhi, and believe that he was, in modern terms, a Statist. This could not be further from the truth. It is true that he held racist views in the beginning of his law career, which he discarded as he grew older and gained a deepened understanding of the world. Here are some quotes illuminating his real view of the state: It is my firm conviction that if the State suppressed capitalism by violence, it will be caught in the coils of violence itself, and fail to develop nonviolence at any time. The...
