Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Language
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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.
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A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
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It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment.
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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.
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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.
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Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it.
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My love of the British is equal to that of my own people.
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However virile the English language may be, it can never become the language of the masses of India.
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I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.
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My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.
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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.
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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.
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The canker has so eaten into the society that in many cases the only meaning of education is a knowledge of English.
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I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.
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Satan mostly employs comparatively moral instruments and the language of ethics to give his aims an air of respectability.
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The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners.
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India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before.
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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.
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Personally I crave not for 'independence', which I do not understand, but I long for freedom from the English yoke.
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My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect.
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Let us learn from the English rulers the simple fact that the oppressors are blind to the enormity of their own misdeeds.
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My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to.
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My heart rebels against any foreigner imposing on my country the peace which is here called Pax-Britannica.
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If you must kill English officials, why not kill me instead?
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I am just not thinking of India's deliverance. It will come, but will it be worth if England and France fall, or if they come out victorious over Germany ruined and humbled?
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This belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service.
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Man can only describe God in his own poor language.
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It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.
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Languages proclaim that woman is half of man, and by parity of reasoning, man is half of woman.
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I believe in the capacity of India to offer nonviolent battle to the English rulers.
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Mahatma Gandhi
- Born: October 2, 1869
- Died: January 30, 1948
- Occupation: Civil rights leader
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