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.
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.
Satan mostly employs comparatively moral instruments and the language of ethics to give his aims an air of respectability.
Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias.
Swaraj means, a state such that we can maintain our separate existence without the presence of the English.
My mission is to convert every Indian, every Englishman and finally the world to nonviolence for regulating mutual relations, whether political, economic, social or religious.
Ram Mohan Roy would have been a greater reformer and Lokmanya Tilak a greater scholar if they had not to start with the handicap of having to think in English and transmit their thoughts chiefly in English.
No matter what the cause was and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil disturbances.
The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.
I believe in the capacity of India to offer nonviolent battle to the English rulers.
I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people.
However virile the English language may be, it can never become the language of the masses of India.
My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.
This belief in the necessity of English training has enslaved us. It has unfitted us for true national service.
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.
My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."
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.
My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect.
The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing.
My plea is for banishing the English language as a cultural usurper, as we successfully banished the political rule of the English usurper.
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.
Let us learn from the English rulers the simple fact that the oppressors are blind to the enormity of their own misdeeds.
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?
The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.
I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures.
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