QuoteQuest“The Indians do not regret that capable natives can exercise the franchise. They would regret if it were otherwise. They, however, assert that they too, if capable, should have the right. You, in your wisdom, would not allow the Indian or the native the precious privilege under any circumstances, because they have a dark skin.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Mahatma Gandhi
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
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- Wikiquote
Context
Times of Natal, October 26, 1894, in Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, vol. 1, pp. 166-67.
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Gandhi, Mahatma. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Mahatma Gandhi. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
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