Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-Malaalone is thine: leave thou the fruit severely alone,' Action is duty: fruit is theright.YI, 8 Jan. 1925August 27Let labour realize its dignity and strength. Capital has neither dignity notstrength, compared to labour. These the man in the street also has. In a wellordereddemocratic society there is no room, no occasion for lawlessness orstrikes. In such a society there are ample lawful means for vindicating justice.Violence, veiled or unveiled, must be taboo.DD, p. 381August 28Capital controlled labour because it knew the art of combination. Drops inseparation would only fade away; drops in co-operation made the ocean whichcarried on its broad bosom ocean greyhounds. Similarly if all labouers in anypart of the world combined together they could not be tempted by higherwages or could not be tempted by higher wages or helplessly allow themselvesto be attracted for, say, a pittance.H, 7 Sept. 1947August 29A true and non-violent combination of labour would act like a magnetattracting to it all the needed capital. Capitalists would then exist only astrustees. When that happy day dawned, there would be no difference betweencapital and labour. The labour will have ample food, good and sanitarydwellings, all the necessary education for their children, ample leisure for selfeducationand proper medical assistance.H, 7 Sept. 1947www.mkgandhi.org Page 65