“ Englishmen will never see the truth so long as they permit their vision to be blinded by arrogant assumption of superiority or ignorant assumptions of infallibility. ”
Mahatma Gandhi, Freedom's Battle
Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation (1922). copy citation
| Author | Mahatma Gandhi |
|---|---|
| Source | Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation |
| Topic | Englishman superiority |
| Date | 1922 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10366/10366-h/10366-h.htm |
Context
“What does he mean by saying, "before reform by assassination and otherwise became so fashionable?" It ill becomes him to talk of assassination when the school of assassination seems happily to have become extinct. Englishmen will never see the truth so long as they permit their vision to be blinded by arrogant assumption of superiority or ignorant assumptions of infallibility. MR. PENNINGTON'S LETTER TO MR. GANDHI Dear Sir,
I do not like your scheme for "boycotting" the Government of India under what seems to be the somewhat less offensive (though more cumbrous) name of non-co-operation;”
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