Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Language

• I am not anti-English, I am not anti-British, I am not anti-any Government, but I am anti-untruth, anti-humbug and anti-injustice.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Government, Injustice, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi, Dennis Dalton (1996). “Gandhi: Selected Political Writings”, p.66, Hackett Publishing

• It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment hatred towards Englishmen.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Single Mom, Hatred, India

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• Satan mostly employs comparatively moral instruments and the language of ethics to give his aims an air of respectability.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Air, Giving, Ethics

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Language, Brahmins, English Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1981). “Collected Works”

• However virile the English language may be, it can never become the language of the masses of India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  India, May, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1981). “Collected Works”

• My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Hurt, Matter, Language

• This belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Training, Belief, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Message of Mahatma Gandhi”

• There is as much need for a change of heart among the Hindus and Mussalmans as there is among the British, before a proper settlement is arrived at.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Heart, Needs, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fighting, Today, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• The builders of the British Indian Empire have patiently built its four pillars-the European interests, the army, the Indian princes and the communal divisions.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Army, Division, Four

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Attitude, Language, British

• The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Language, English Language, Englishmen

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• My plea is for banishing the English language as a cultural usurper, as we successfully banished the political rule of the English usurper.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Political, Usurpers, Language

• Of all the superstitions that affect India, none is so great as that a knowledge of the English language is necessary for imbibing ideas of liberty and developing accuracy to thought.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Ideas, Liberty, India

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.165, Rajpal & Sons

• Let us learn from the English rulers the simple fact that the oppressors are blind to the enormity of their own misdeeds.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Simple, Facts, Language

  Gandhi (Mahatma) (1924). “Collected works”

• Will Great Britain have an unwilling India dragged into war or a willing ally co-operating with her in the prosecution of a defence of true democracy?

  Mahatma Gandhi

  War, Democracy, Allies

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  India, Village, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Civilization, Politics and Religion”, Clarendon Press

• I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Hate, Fighting, Appreciate

• If the English educated neglect, as they have done and even now continue, as some do, to be ignorant of their mother tongue, linguistic starvation will abide.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Mother, Ignorant, Done

  Mahatma Gandhi (1981). “Collected Works”

• If any Englishman dedicated his life to securing the freedom of India, resisting tyranny and serving the land, I should welcome that Englishman as an Indian.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Land, India, Welcome

  Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.40, Penguin Books India

• The canker has so eaten into the society that in many cases the only meaning of education is a knowledge of English.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Language, Cases, English Language

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.167, Courier Corporation

• The Britisher is the top dog and the Indian the underdog in his own country.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Country, Dog, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1942). “Quit India”

• Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Yield, Hands, Spinning

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

• It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  India, Language, Britain

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• Man can only describe God in his own poor language.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Men, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

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