All MAHATMA GANDHI Quotes about “English 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.”
“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.”
“Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias.”
“Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias.”
“I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures.”
“I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.”
“Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.”
“My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."”
“My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."”
“However virile the English language may be, it can never become the language of the masses of India.”
“The canker has so eaten into the society that in many cases the only meaning of education is a knowledge of English.”
“However virile the English language may be, it can never become the language of the masses of India.”
“Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it.”
“Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it.”
“I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.”
“I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.”
“What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.”
“What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.”
“My plea is for banishing the English language as a cultural usurper, as we successfully banished the political rule of the English usurper.”
“My plea is for banishing the English language as a cultural usurper, as we successfully banished the political rule of the English usurper.”
“My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.”
“My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.”
“Swaraj means, a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the English.”
“Swaraj means, a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the English.”
“The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.”
“The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.”
“The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners.”
“The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners.”
“Our nonviolence vis-Ð°-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.”
“Our nonviolence vis-Ð°-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.”
“The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing.”
“The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing.”
“Personally I crave not for 'independence', which I do not understand, but I long for freedom from the English yoke.”
“Personally I crave not for 'independence', which I do not understand, but I long for freedom from the English yoke.”
“A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women.”
“A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women.”

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