No society can possibly be built on a denial of individual freedom. True nonviolence should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all. This freedom from all attachment is the realization of God as Truth. I do not want my house to be walled in on sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible.
Independence means voluntary restraints and discipline, voluntary acceptance of the rule of law.
Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help. If it is man's privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant. Peace will not come out of a clash of arms but out of justice lived and done by unarmed nations in the face of odds. The supreme consideration is man.