British Quotes - Page 32

• 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”

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• That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Want, Matter, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  India, Language, Englishmen

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.152, Vintage

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• The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Language, Breathe, Englishmen

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• My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Wish, Connections, Dominion

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• The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Numbers, Language, Weak

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.142, A&C Black

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• 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”

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• 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”

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• I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fighting, India, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gandhigrams”

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• The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Struggle, Language, Foreigners

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Doe, Violence, Language

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• Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Government, Language, Weak

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• 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”

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• 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

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• I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  People, Language, Claims

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.100, Courier Corporation

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Attitude, Language, Englishmen

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• 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

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• The British Government in India constitutes a struggle between modern civilization, which is the Kingdom of Satan, and the ancient civilization, which is the Kingdom of God.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Struggle, Government, Civilization

  Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Hind Swaraj”, p.8, Rajpal & Sons

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• It would be a blunder of the first magnitude for the British to be a party, in any way whatsoever, to the division of India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Party, India, Would Be

  Mahatma Gandhi (1983). “Collected Works”

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• Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within the states or in British India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Strong, India, States

  Mahatma Gandhi (1941). “The Indian States' Problem”

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• British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps.

  Peter Ustinov

  Funny, Humor, World

  Peter Ustinov (1969). “The wit of Peter Ustinov”

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• My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time!

  Kurt Cobain

  Mother, Tea, Culture

  "Kurt Cobain: Lost Interview". Guitar World Interview, kuriakon00.tripod.com. July 22, 1993.

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• Now, the magic of British parks at night, as Bill Oddie presents.. Gaywatch.

  Frankie Boyle

  Funny, Humor, Night

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• It seems amazing that the Navy SEALs managed to get inside the compound and shoot Osama so efficiently. I can only imagine they were told that the mission was to rescue a bearded British hostage and he must be brought out alive.

  Frankie Boyle

  Funny, Humor, Navy

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• My biggest poetic influences are probably 20th-century British and Irish poets. So I suppose I'm always listening for the music I associate with that poetry, the telling images, the brevity. I want to hear it in my own work as well as in the poetry I read. However, I think I'm generally more forgiving of other poets than myself.

  David Starkey

  Thinking, Forgiving, Listening

  Source: andreaauten.wordpress.com

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