I tell Gujaratis that even if you are weak in body, take care of tigers and lions

We are proud to have named countless warriors in the freedom struggle of modern India. Out of these, Mahatma Gandhi awakened the sleeping country. Many of his colleagues have been instrumental in Mahatma Gandhi's success. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's place among these comrades is unique. Praising the Sardar, Mahatma Gandhi said, "If I had not met the Sardar, I would not have been able to do what I could.

Responding humbly to such praise, the Sardar said, "Mahatmaji is a statesman. He has prescribed medicine to cure the disease of the country. I am his osadio. I get you by rubbing the herbs he gives you. When he was given a civic honor by the Ahmedabad Municipality in 190, he wrote, "Yatra Yogeshwar Gandhi, Vallabh Dhanurdhar: Tatra Shri Vijayo Bhooti: Dhurva Nitimatirmam." Some excerpts from his speeches and articles on the occasion of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's birthday on October 31.

Hindustan has been suffering from an incurable disease for hundreds of years. The cure for the disease has yet to be found, and all that has been found is sweet medicine. Sweet medicine does not cure any incurable disease. Some may wonder why the anti-government activists are giving such advice. But you must remember that the heart of the person who treats you and gives you medicine is in the service of the heart. If you feel like taking it, take it.

- At the end of Kheda Satyagraha (June 7, 1917)

The power of the rulers ends with their death while the power of the great patriots is executed only after their death ... There are people in this country who have more faith in British justice than in the existence of God. Does a man consider a stone as a hero, preserve it for a long time and go to meet the crowd on the occasion and find out the fault of the stone? This is what we have now because of our faith in British justice.

-Fourth Gujarat Political Council (August 190)

One thing to keep in mind is that there is only one time to die. For everyone, there is nothing but Kathi and Bamboo. Why are you afraid? You forget that there is one who created you and me. If you are holy, remove the ab, you have nothing to fear. The moment you become fearless, the moment you are free. As the fear from the people goes away the fear enters the government. When people become fearless, the country will become independent. There is no other sin like the one we fear and frighten others, so fear God. How can one who has chains on his feet protect his religion?

- Public meeting in Modasa

(March 191)

We want a self-government in which hundreds of people do not die due to lack of dry bread. Foreign language will not be the vehicle of our thought and education. There will be no gap between the salaries of big bureaucrats and small servants. Justice will not be too expensive and almost impossible.

-Fifth Gujarat Political Council (May 191)

No reformed government can rule without the consent of the people. Right now he wants to rule blindfolded ... I want to see the Gujarati people bright. Gujarati can be as brave as anyone else. Only he should learn to die for his own honor. I tell Gujaratis that even if you are weak in body, take care of tigers and lions. Keep the strength to die for the sake of self-respect in the heart. Be so understanding that no one can fight you inside.

-Bardoli Satyagraha (14)

The railway situation in Kathiawar is like a prostitute. It has no real owner and there are many occupants. If a stranger travels by rail in this country without asking, he can recognize where Kathiawar starts from when he sets foot in the railways. The latter have to suffer more than traveling by train. Protecting the weak is the religion of the state, the strong can protect themselves. I have been a farmer, one wound is my birth habit.

-Kathiawad Political Council (April 14)

It is better for Jamaraja to go there than to go to a lawyer and a court. Nowhere else in the world are so many lies told in the name of God in the courts.

-Navjivan (2-9-18)

Unfortunately, today a class has come to believe that by writing an article in the press, one can become a leader, one can go beyond publicity. But that’s all the way to fall. A man who does not know sepoygiri cannot be a general. The man who climbs here is also afraid of falling but the one who walks on the ground is not afraid. There is no place to become an immediate leader but there is a huge scope for the one who walks step by step.

-Prajabanghu (February 18)

Not having good people in the police is the biggest ab in Gujarat. If good men are not recruited into the police, there will be chaos.

-In Kheda district (April 14)

Some are now talking about Goraksha. Today, children, women and the elderly are not protected. What about Goraksha? In a country where there is no ban on slaughtering cows, fat cows are not seen here. If you really want to be a cowherd, learn to take care of the cow properly.

-Delhi's Ramlila Maidan (August 19)