“I'm a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. I simply want to please my own conscience, which is God.”
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Source: Young India (21 January 1927); main sourced 1920s section of Gandhi's Wikiquote page.
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Prizing your own freedom carries an obligation you can't dodge: if liberty matters for you, it has to matter for the next person too. Answering to your own conscience rather than to the urge to manage others keeps that balance honest — you protect your space precisely by refusing to invade theirs.
When to use it
- Not pushing your politics on a friend who sees things differently, and expecting the same courtesy.
- Letting a roommate keep their side of the room however they like, however messy.
- Deciding your own diet quietly instead of lecturing everyone at the dinner table.