Mahatma Gandhi Quotes about Language
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”
Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.66, Hackett Publishing
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.328, Rajpal & Sons
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”
Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Message of Mahatma Gandhi”
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.167, Courier Corporation
Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Gandhis India: Unity in Diversity”
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.27, Courier Corporation
I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.100, Courier Corporation
Mahatma Gandhi (1981). “Collected Works”
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gandhigrams”
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”
It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”
If you must kill English officials, why not kill me instead?
Mahatma Gandhi (1971). “Collected Works”
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “Volume of prefaces”
Mahatma Gandhi (2014). “Freedom's Battle: Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation”, p.73, The Floating Press
However virile the English language may be, it can never become the language of the masses of India.
Mahatma Gandhi (1981). “Collected Works”
The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing.
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”
Mahatma Gandhi, K. Swaminathan (1988). “A Gandhi Reader”, Stosius Incorporated/Advent Books Division
To get rid of the infatuation for English is one of the essentials of Swaraj.
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.170, Courier Corporation