Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.

Mahatma Gandhi

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• Slavery
• Weapons

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• If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • English
  • Slavery
  • Weapons