Language Quotes - Page 82

Languages proclaim that woman is half of man, and by parity of reasoning, man is half of woman.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women.

To get rid of the infatuation for English is one of the essentials of Swaraj.

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

A satyagrahi is sometimes bound to use language which is capable of two meanings, provided both the meanings are obvious and necessary and there is no intention to deceive anyone.

I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.

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

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

Swaraj means, a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the English.

Non-co-operation is a movement intended to invite Englishmen to co-operate with us on honourable terms or retire from our land.

If you must kill English officials, why not kill me instead?

It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.

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

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

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

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