“A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women.”
Source: Collected Works
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Source: Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi
Source: The Message of Mahatma Gandhi
Source: India of My Dreams
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
Source: Gandhis India: Unity in Diversity
Source: Collected Works
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
Source: Collected Works
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
Source: Collected Works
“The Britisher is the top dog and the Indian the underdog in his own country.”
Source: Quit India
Source: Collected Works
“India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before.”
Source: The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
“The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.”
“The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.”
Source: All Men Are Brothers
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
Source: Collected Works
Source: Collected Works
Source: Gandhigrams
Source: Collected Works
“What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.”
“Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.”
“I believe in the capacity of India to offer nonviolent battle to the English rulers.”
Source: Satyagraha (non-violent Resistance)
Source: Collected Works
Source: The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Civilization, Politics and Religion
“It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.”
Source: Collected Works
Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
“If you must kill English officials, why not kill me instead?”
Source: Collected Works
“I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.”
Source: Gandhi: Selected Writings
“My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect.”
Source: How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: The Secrets of Good Communication
Source: Specimen Days & Collect
“Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.”