I now come to the question of method. I have to repeat that it has been
proved beyond any doubt that the method of non-violent non-co-operation is
the only method which we must follow to secure a system of Government
which may in reality be the foundation of Swaraj. It is hardly necessary
to discuss the philosophy of non-co-operation. I shall simply state the
different view-points from which this question may be discussed. From the
national point of view the method of non-co-operation means the attempt of
the nation to concentrate upon its own energy and to stand on its own
strength. From the ethical point of view, non-co-operation means the
method of self-purification, the withdrawal from that which is injurious
to the development of the nation, and therefore to the good of humanity.
From the spiritual point of view Swaraj means that isolation which in the
language of Sadhana is called protyahar--that withdrawal from the forces
which are foreign to our nature--an isolation and withdrawal which is
necessary in order to bring out from our hidden depths the soul of the
nation in all her glory. I do not desire to labour the point, but from
every conceivable point of view, the method of non-violent
non-co-operation must be regarded as the true method of "following in the
path of Swaraj."